癮 (yǐn) - Meaning, Stroke Order & Audio

癮

yǐn[yin3]Tone 3

addiction

HSK 7

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瘾

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Topology:Left-right

Strokes:15

Writing Balance Rule: The left side (the illness enclosure) must curve gracefully to shelter the right phonetic side without compressing it too tightly.

Simplification Logic: Simplified from 癮 by streamlining the internal components while keeping the sickness radical intact.

1. Meaning

addiction

cravinghabiturge

NounNeutral#psychology#habits#health

Sample Usage

他有网瘾。
tā yǒu wǎng yǐn.
He is addicted to the internet.
过把瘾
guò bǎ yǐn
satisfy a craving / indulge oneself to the heart's content

2. Sound

/[in²¹⁴]/Tone: 214

癮

yǐnyin3

ˇ(214)

=yǐn

Build the syllable

Step-by-step blending

yin

Tone mark placement: Tone mark sits on "i" per main-vowel priority (a > e > o; in -iu/-ui the mark takes the second vowel).

Initial Consonant

Type: Glide (y)

Sounds like: Glide (y)

Unaspirated

Airflow Tactile Test: Acts as a bridge into 'i' or 'ü' vowel sounds.

Tongue & Mouth Position: Raise middle of tongue toward hard palate, gliding effortlessly into vowel.

Final Rhyme

Vowel Group: -i vowel group

Sounds like: -in rhymes with bean

Mouth Shape Guide: Pronounce as standalone vowel 'een'.

Common Learner Trap: Keep vowel quality steady across all 4 tone contours.

Tone

T3 (214)

2 → 1 → 4 (214)

3rd Tone (Low-Dipping)

Tone Pitch & Cadence: Tone 3 dips low like asking 'Really?' in English with skepticism before rising.

Sandhi: When followed by another 3rd tone, yín changes to a 2nd tone (yín).

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Listening trap: Confusing 'yin' with 'ying' or missing the low-dipping contour of Tone 3.

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Physical Tone Gesture: Start at a medium height, dip down low to your chest, and sweep back up into the air like a checkmark.

3. Writing

Topology: Left-right · Strokes: 15 strokes

Writing Balance Rule: The left side (the illness enclosure) must curve gracefully to shelter the right phonetic side without compressing it too tightly.

Simplification Logic: Simplified from 癮 by streamlining the internal components while keeping the sickness radical intact.

4. Components

Radical 疒 · Sickness Radical (illness, disease, conditions affecting the body)

Semantic Clue (形旁): 疒 (indicates that an addiction is a chronic condition or ailment of the mind/body)

Phonetic Clue (声旁): 隐 (original sound: yin)

An addiction (瘾) is viewed as a sickness (疒) that hides or lurks secretly (隐) inside a person's routine.

疒 illness radical
隐 phonetic clue providing the sound 'yin'

Phonetic Family (形声字家族)

2· Phonetic Root: 隱

5. History

Liushu category: Phono-semantic (形声)

Origin: Combined from the disease radical (疒) to show a consuming bodily affliction, and (隐) for the sound and the idea of something hidden or persistent.

Semantic Evolution: Originally denoting a deep-seated physical or mental affliction, it expanded to cover modern psychological cravings, hobbies, and digital addictions.

In classical texts, it frequently described entrenched habits or chronic ailments that were difficult to shake off.

6. Sinosphere

7. Memory

Vivid Mnemonic Story

An addiction (瘾) is a chronic sickness (疒) that hides (隐) in the shadows of your mind, whispering for another fix.

Phonetic Family (形声字家族)

隱

Phonetic Core (声旁)

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Lookalikes & Traps (形近字)

隐(yǐn)

隐 means 'hidden' with the mound radical (阝); 瘾 means 'addiction' with the sickness radical (疒).

8. Mastery

Active Recall Challenge

他每天都玩手機，已經對遊戲上[___]了。

Clue: yǐn

Common Learner Pitfall

Confusing the left radical with the enclosure radical or confusing it with its lookalike 隐 (hidden).

Memory Prompts

Recognition: When you see 瘾 with the sickness radical and 'yin' sound, what does it mean?

Production: How do you write the character for 'addiction' or 'craving' (yǐn)?

癮yǐnaddiction

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