yíng

grave

Grass  covering a buried  casket 

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

冖 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

cover

土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

Evolution

茔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
茔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
茔 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
茔 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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yíng

grave, tomb, cemetery; a grave

Most common words with 茔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

坟茔

grave

a grave