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罂

yīng

Character Traditional 罌

What 罂 means

1. earthen jar with small mouth

Other readings

罂 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yīngvariant of {罂|yīng}

Words starting with 罂

• 罂粟yīng sùpoppy

Characters that look like 罂

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

• 愿yuànhonest and prudent; variant of 愿
• 寨zhàistronghold; stockade; camp
• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 箴zhēnto warn; to admonish; variant of 针
• 蕃fánluxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce
• 篓lǒubasket

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
• 鹦(bound form) parrot
• 嘤calling of birds
• 璎necklace