Word Meaning

いん in

尹 is read as いん (in) and means director (of the ritsuryō-period Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office).

Meaning

English

  1. director (of the ritsuryō-period Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office)

Reading

Kana

いん

Romaji

in

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 4 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 158997 Priority Y

Example Sentences

9

かれはわかくしていんのちいについた。

He attained that official rank at a young age.

そのくにではいんがたみをおさめた。

In that country, the official of that rank governed the people.

ちちはみやこでいんとしてはたらいていた。

My father worked in the capital as an official of that rank.

おうはちゅうじつなかしんをいんににんじた。

The king appointed his loyal retainer to that official rank.

ふるいきろくにいんのながみえる。

The name of that official rank appears in an old record.

いんのやくめはまちのちつじょをまもることだった。

The duty of that official rank was to maintain order in the town.

かれのいちぞくにはだいだいいんをつとめたものがいた。

In his family, there were people who held that official rank for generations.

そのぶんしょはいんのけんげんをくわしくのべている。

That document explains the authority of that official rank in detail.

いんにえらばれるにはがくしきがひつようだった。

Broad learning was required to be chosen for that official rank.