yīng
oriole
Simplified form of 鶯. Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 𤇾 represents the sound.
Components
𤇾 Sound Simplified component
yìng
glimmer
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 莺
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
nightingale | ||
oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers | ||
black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) | ||
willow warbler | ||
prosperity abounds (idiom) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2902nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+83BA |
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