Word Meaning 陰陽

いんよう inyou

陰陽 is read as いんよう (inyou) and means cosmic dual forces.

Meaning

English

cosmic dual forces
yin and yang
sun and moon, etc.

Reading

Kana

いんよう

Romaji

inyou

Writing Variants

陰陽おんみょう ommyou
陰陽おんよう onyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 636 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

陰と陽

いんとよう

the positive and the negative

陰陽師身の上知らず

おんようじみのうえしらず

people don't know themselves as well as they know others

陰陽五行

いんようごぎょう

the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology

陰陽和合

いんようわごう

the harmony of yin and yang energies

陰陽の理

おんみょうのり

principle of duality

陰陽家

いんようか

School of Yin-yang (China)

陰陽道

おんみょうどう

Onmyōdō

陰陽師

おんみょうじ

diviner

陰陽寮

おんようりょう

Bureau of Onmyō

陰陽暦

いんようれき

lunisolar calendar

陰に陽に

いんにように

(both) openly and covertly

半陰陽

はんいんよう

hermaphrodite