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嘤

yīng

Character Traditional 嚶

What 嘤 means

1. calling of birds

Characters built on 婴

These share the phonetic component 婴 (yīng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 樱yīngcherry
• 鹦yīng(bound form) parrot
• 缨yīngtassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon
• 瘿yǐnggoiter; knob on tree
• 璎yīngnecklace

Characters that look like 嘤

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 懂dǒngto understand; to comprehend
• 缪móuused in 绸缪
• 嗡wēng(onomatopoeia) buzz; hum; drone
• 噶gáphonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds)…
• 镂lòuto engrave; to carve; hard steel
• 锝détechnetium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read yīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 应to agree (to do sth); should; ought to
• 英hero; outstanding; excellent
• 婴infant; baby
• 鹰general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
• 樱cherry
• 莺oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
• 瑛(literary) translucent stone similar to jade; (literary) luster of jade
• 缨tassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon
• 膺breast; receive
• 罂earthen jar with small mouth
• 鹦(bound form) parrot
• 璎necklace