Chinese surname · rank 485

银

银 is read as yín.

Pinyin

yín

Script forms

Simplified 银 · Traditional 銀

Basic meaning

silver; cash, money, wealth

Five element

Metal

Origin

Time: Song textual or Bai Jia Xing layer, 960-1279 CE

Place: Jin royal Wanyan context around northern China; later Guangxi / Luocheng and southern migration layers; Xihe commandery note and multiethnic locations treated separately.

Origin note

Yin/银 is not simply the metal silver in this surname entry. The clearest source-backed layer is Jurchen / Jin royal: descendants of Wanyan Yongdao, whose original name was Yinshuke, used Yin as surname after political disaster and migration. Other sources note possible older isolated records such as Han figure Yin Mu, and multiethnic usage among Manchu, Miao, Zhuang, Dong, Yi, Lisu, Mulam and others. The page keeps the Wanyan layer as the main source-backed account.

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Sources checked

23mofang: Yin surname - Wanyan Yongdao / Yinshuke origin layer and Guangxi Yin note
Zupulu surname reference: Yin - Wanyan Yongdao / Yinshuke Jurchen origin and migration account
Hao86 Baijiaxing surname page: Yin - Yin Mu record, Wanyan/Yinshuke layer, multiethnic layers, and Xihe commandery
Netor surname reference: Yin - Wanyan / Jurchen Hanization explanation
Han Dian: Yin - basic character meaning and surname listing only

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