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胤

cjk unified ideograph-80e4

CJK Ideograph 胤

胤 names descendants, offspring, or the heir who carries a family line forward. In classical Chinese it can also mean “to continue” or “to inherit”; Japanese keeps the same lineage idea in name readings. It is a typed character, not an emoji, so fonts — not vendor artwork — draw it.

Text symbol
Search it as
yìn · yin · descendant · heir · offspring · 后代 · 后嗣 · 子孙
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 胤 means

It names inherited family continuity. Classical Chinese uses 胤 for descendants or heirs as a noun, and for continuing or inheriting as a verb. It names descent and succession, not an object or mood.

The earliest evidence located is a Late Western Zhou bronze form; Spring and Autumn bronze, seal, and clerical forms show evolution, not a one-person invention. 𦞩 is a documented variant. As of 2026, Japanese kanji references also list 胤 for names and succession.

Formal, literary, and lineage-heavy in Chinese.

It is not a casual word for “child”.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
In a classical lineage sentence
A descendant, heir, or posterity
As a classical verb
To continue or inherit

Questions people ask

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Why does 胤 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type 胤

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 80E4, then Alt+X to get 胤.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-80e4”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 80e4, then Enter or Space.
HTML
胤
CSS
\80E4
how to type 胤
Chinese IME: type yin, then select 胤; yìn identifies the pronunciation.
Japanese IME
Enter in or use the name reading tane, depending on the word.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
胤
HTML hex
胤
CSS content
content: "\80E4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%83%A4
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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