Chinese Character Wiki

楹

yíng

column

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

wood

盈 sound component

盈  Sound component

yíng

  

fill

Evolution

楹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
楹 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
楹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
楹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

楹  

yíng

column, pillar; numerary adjunct; pillar

Most common words with 楹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

楹

pillar

楹联

couplet (hung on the columns of a hall)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*leŋ

yeng

yíng

pillar


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4769th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+6979

Shuowen

“楹，柱也。从木，盈聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘丹桓宮楹。’”


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