Chinese Character Wiki

縈

yíng

entangle

Components
𤇾 sound component

𤇾  Sound component

yìng

  

glimmer

糸 meaning component

糸  Meaning component

mì

  

silk

thread

Evolution

縈 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
縈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
縈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

萦 (縈) 

yíng

entangle, entwine, coil; wind around

Most common words with 縈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

萦绕

to linger on

萦

wind around

魂牵梦萦

to miss

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3903rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

萦

Unicode

U+7E08

Shuowen

“縈，收韏也。从糸，熒省聲。”


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