Dong Chinese dictionary

yīng, yìng

should

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 䧹 represents the sound.

Components

心 Meaning component

xīn

heart

䧹 Sound component

yīng

eagle

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yīng

should, ought to, must; to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall

Yìng

surname Ying

yìng

to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with

Most common words with 應

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