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yīng

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yīng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yīng | ying1
English translation
eagle, falcon, hawk

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About yīng

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Number of strokes

24

Traditional form

yīng

Contains the radical

niǎo

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

bird

Etymology of yīng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

䧹鳥

Semantic compound

niǎo

Phonetic compound

yīng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. diǎo represents the meaning and yīng represents the sound. Simplified form of yīng .

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Words with yīng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yīng eagle yīng
老鹰 lǎo yīng hawk老鷹
猫头鹰 māo tóu yīng owl貓頭鷹
猎鹰 liè yīng falcon獵鷹
雄鹰 xióng yīng male eagle雄鷹
秃鹰 tū yīng condor禿鷹
夜鹰 yè yīng nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)夜鷹
鹰潭 Yīng tán Yingtan prefecture level city in Jiangxi鷹潭
飞鹰 fēi yīng eagle飛鷹
苍鹰 cāng yīng (bird species of China) northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)蒼鷹
鹰潭市 Yīng tán shì Yingtan prefecture level city in Jiangxi鷹潭市
鹰犬 yīng quǎn hawks and hounds鷹犬
鱼鹰 yú yīng cormorant魚鷹
兀鹰 wù yīng bald eagle兀鷹
鹰嘴豆 yīng zuǐ dòu garbanzo bean鷹嘴豆
雀鹰 què yīng (bird species of China) Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)雀鷹

yīng Decomposition & Compounds

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