yīng
a chin strap
Evolution

Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 纓
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to volunteer for military service | ||
tassel | ||
Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director | ||
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。” |
Sources
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