Character: 尹
Modern (Beijing) reading: yǐn
Preclassic Old Chinese: winʔ
Classic Old Chinese: wín
Western Han Chinese: wjǝ́n
Eastern Han Chinese: źwǝ́n
Early Postclassic Chinese: źwɨ́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: jwɨ́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: jwɨ́n
Middle Chinese: jwín
English meaning : be straight
Russian meaning[s]: 1) управлять; наблюдать; 2) начальник, правитель (области, уезда); 3) Инь (фамилия)
Comments: The character does not occur in rhymes, and the xiesheng evidence is also perplexing; therefore, a number of reconstructions are possible (*winʔ, *lunʔ,*lurʔ).
Radical: 44
Four-angle index: 4144
