穎 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yǐng

rice tassel

Components

匕 Sound component

bǐ

spoon

禾 Meaning component

hé

grain stalk

rice

頁 Unknown component

yè, xié

(head), page

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yǐng

rice tassel; sharp point; clever; head of grain; husk; tip; point; gifted; outstanding

Most common words with 穎

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	脱颖而出	to rise above others
	新颖	lit. new bud
	颖	husk
	聪颖	smart
	关颖珊	Michelle Kwan (1980-), former American figure skater, Olympic medalist

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[ɢ]ʷeŋʔ	ywengX	yǐng	point of an ear of grain

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.3707% of movies

2907th most common character in movies

2514th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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