yǒng

sing song or poem

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

永 sound component

  Sound component

yǒng

  

long

Evolution

詠 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
詠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
詠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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yǒng

sing, hum, chant; to sing

Most common words with 詠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to sing

歌咏

singing

谭咏麟

Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor

咏叹调

aria

吟咏

to recite