印 means “seal, mark, print”

いん · in

Also: stamp, imprint

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): しるし, しるす
On'yomi (Chinese reading): イン

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 4 · 6 strokes

The story

A hand (its left half, drawn from 爪) pressing down on a kneeling figure (卩): pressing hard, the way a seal is stamped. 印鑑, the registered name seal, still signs contracts in Japan, 矢印 is an arrow, and 印刷 is printing.

Used in 印刷 (insatsu, printing), 矢印 (yajirushi, arrow), and 印象 (inshou, impression)

印 means “seal, mark, print”

The story

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