yīng

oriole

A bird  covered in  green  feathers

Components
炏 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

flame

冖 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

cover

鳥 meaning component

  Meaning component

niǎodiǎo

  

bird

Evolution

鶯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鶯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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yīng

oriole, green finch; Sylvia species (various); oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers

Most common words with 鶯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

夜莺

nightingale

oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers

黄莺

black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)

柳莺

willow warbler

莺歌燕舞

prosperity abounds (idiom)