懂中文 Dong Chinese

鹰

yīng

eagle

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 䧹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鷹.

Components
鸟 meaning component

鸟  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

䧹 sound component

䧹  Sound component

yīng

  

eagle

䧹 also serves as a meaning component.

Evolution

鹰 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹰 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鹰 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

鹰 (鷹) 

yīng

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

Most common words with 鹰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鹰

eagle

老鹰

hawk

猫头鹰

owl

猎鹰

falcon

雄鹰

male eagle