窨 (yìn): cellar

Meanings

他们把酒藏在窨子里。

Tāmen bǎ jiǔ cáng zài yìnzi lǐ.

They stored the wine in an underground cellar.

老房子下面有个阴凉的地窨。

Lǎo fángzi xiàmiàn yǒu gè yīnliáng de dìyìn.

The old house had a cool, dark cellar beneath it.

usage

In the yìn reading, 窨 means a cellar or underground room, as in 窨子 and 地窨.

radical

穴 xué

cave; hole

The cave radical 穴 sits on top, marking 窨 as a dug-out space, here an underground cellar.

phonetic

音 yīn

sound

Carries the sound, close to the modern readings yìn and xūn. It is the same character seen standing alone as 音.

窨 yìn