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Character « 夤 »

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Character
夤
(14 stroke)
Radical
夕
(+11 stroke)
Pinyin
yín

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CangjieNIJMC
Bishun35444512512134
Sijiao27806
UnicodeU+5924

夤 (夤) yín

General meaning
Definitions
Words

◎ 深：～夜。
◎ 〔～缘〕攀缘上升，喻拉拢关系，向上巴结。
◎ 敬畏。

Verb

恭敬 [respect]

夤,敬惕也。从夕,寅声。——《说文》。按,即寅之别体。因寅为借义所专,别制此字。
又如:夤畏(敬畏);夤亮(恭敬信奉)
攀附上升 [climb the official ladder]。如:夤缘钻刺(巴结奉承,投机钻营)

Noun

通“璌”。夹脊肉 [lean pork taken from under the spind column]

艮其限,列其夤。——《易·艮》。马注:“夹脊肉也。”
远处 [distant place]

九州之外,乃有八夤。——《淮南子》

夤夜 yín yè
[in the depth of night;at the dead of night] 深夜

夤夜私奔
夤缘 ( 夤緣 ) yín yuán
[try to advance one's career by carrying favour with important people;make use of one's connections to climb up] 本指攀附上升,后喻攀附权贵,向上巴结

乔松孤立,萝茑夤缘,柔附凌云,岂曰能贤。——《旧唐书·令孤楚牛僧孺传赞》

夤缘得官