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Perineum
会阴 〔會陰〕 huì yīn
屏翳〔屏翳〕píng yì; 篡〔篡〕cuàn
Also lower extreme; meeting of yīn. The area between two yīn, i.e., between the external genitals and the anus.
Etymology
Chinese: 会 huì, meeting; 阴 yīn, yīn (the complement of yáng), dark, private. So called because it is the meeting place of the anterior and posterior yīn, i.e., the anus and genitals.
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