Chinese Character Wiki

萦

yíng

entangle

Components
艹 unknown component

艹  Unknown component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

冖 unknown component

冖  Unknown component

mì

  

cover

糸 meaning component

糸  Meaning component

mì

  

silk

thread

Evolution

萦 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
萦 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
萦 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

萦 (縈) 

yíng

entangle, entwine, coil; wind around

Most common words with 萦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

萦绕

to linger on

萦

wind around

魂牵梦萦

to miss

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

潆

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

潆

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3903rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Traditional

縈

Unicode

U+8426


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