Second, interpretation:
Yin (pinyin: yìn) is a common Chinese character, which first appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty. Its shape is like a person holding another person down with his hand to make him kneel. Its original meaning is press, press, which is an ancient word for "suppression". Press the seal hard, and "seal" can be interpreted as seal, official seal, etc. When used as a verb, it means "seal". Because pressing an object hard often leaves some traces on other objects, "seal" is extended to traces, marks, marks and other meanings. It also extends to conformity, such as "confirmation".
Third, related words:
Impression, footprint, imprint, brand, blood print, printing, printing oil?
Printing, offset printing, reprinting, typesetting, copying, printing and dyeing.
Glyph evolution:
Original meaning of word-making: verb, the ancient government forced criminals sent to the frontier to affix distribution marks on their foreheads.
Classical Chinese version of Shuo Wen Jie Zi: seal, letter held by the governor. From claws to fetters. Everything printed is printed.
Vernacular version of Shuo Wen Jie Zi: seal, the token held by the ruler is the official seal. The glyphs are "claw" and "swastika". All words related to printing are bounded by "printing".
Phrase definition:
1, impression [[yìn xiàng]] The traces left by objective things in people's minds: profound ~. He gave it to me ~ very good.
2. Traces of footprints.
3. imprint marks.
4. Branding [là o yì n] As a mark, the hot imprint on livestock or utensils symbolizes an indelible mark: the times.
5. Seal [y? nzhā ng] is a general term for seal and seal.