印

• 拼音: yìn
• 汉字拆解: 印 = 卩 (kneeling person) + 爫 (hand pressing down), depicting stamping action

含义

To print; to stamp; seal. To reproduce text or images by pressing, or the mark/seal made by pressing.

As a verb, refers to printing books, documents, or pressing stamps. As a noun, means a seal or stamp. Common phrases: 印刷 (printing), 盖印 (stamp a seal), 印章 (seal/stamp), 印象 (impression), 脚印 (footprint). The character has rich historical associations with official seals.

例句

1. 这本书第一版只印了五千册，很快就卖光了。
2. 请在这里盖印，证明你已经收到文件。
3. 他的话深深印在了我的脑海里，一直忘不了。

用法指南

语境: publishing, documents, administration

语气: practical

正确说法

• 这份文件需要印几份？(How many copies of this document need to be printed?)
• 请把公章印在这里。(Please stamp the official seal here.)

错误说法

• 我印了这个网页 — 打印网页通常说'打印'而不是'印'，印更常用于书籍和正式文件

起源与历史

Originally a pictograph depicting a hand pressing down on a kneeling person, later evolved to mean pressing a seal. Extended to all forms of printing and stamping.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal