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缨

yīng

Character Traditional 纓

What 缨 means

1. tassel
2. sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc)
3. ribbon

Words starting with 缨

• 缨翅目yīng chì mùsee 蓟马

Words containing 缨

• 李缨Lǐ YīngLi Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director
• 结缨jié yīngto die a hero; martyrdom in a good cause
• 请缨qǐng yīngto volunteer for military service; to offer oneself for an assignment
• 红缨枪hóng yīng qiāngtraditional Chinese spear with a red tassel at the base of the spearhead
• 马缨丹mǎ yīng dānlantana (botany)
• 马缨花mǎ yīng huāPersian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin); tree rhododendron (Rhododendron delavayi)

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
• 嘤yīngcalling of birds
• 瘿yǐnggoiter; knob on tree
• 璎yīngnecklace

Characters that look like 缨

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

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)…
• 膀bǎngupper arm; wing
• 瞎xiāblind; groundlessly; foolishly
• 樱yīngcherry
• 缛rùadorned; beautiful

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
• 膺breast; receive
• 罂earthen jar with small mouth
• 鹦(bound form) parrot
• 嘤calling of birds
• 璎necklace