yīng

a chin strap

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

thread

嬰 sound component

  Sound component

yīng

  

infant

Evolution

纓 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
纓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
纓 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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yīng

a chin strap, tassel; to annoy, bother; tassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon

Most common words with 纓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

请缨

to volunteer for military service

tassel

李缨

Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director

马缨花

Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔeŋ

'jieng

yīng

ribbon

*ʔeŋ

'jieng

yīng

ribbon


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4136th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

23

Simplified

Unicode

U+7E93

Shuowen

“纓,冠系也。从糸,嬰聲。”


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