Dong Chinese dictionary

yīng

eagle

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 䧹 represents the sound.

Components

鳥 Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

bird

䧹 Sound component

yīng

eagle

䧹 also serves as a meaning component.

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yīng

eagle, falcon; Accipiter species (various); eagle; falcon; hawk

Most common words with 鷹

Sources