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茔

yíng

Character Traditional 塋

What 茔 means

1. literarya grave

Words containing 茔

• 坟茔fén yínggrave; tomb; graveyard
• 祖茔zǔ yíngancestral tomb

Characters built on 土

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

• 境jìngborder; place; condition
• 型xíngmold; type; style
• 幸xìngtrusted; intimate; (of the emperor) to visit
• 坪pínga plain; ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters…

Characters that look like 茔

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

• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed
• 奖jiǎngprize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award…
• 荣róngglory; honor; thriving
• 契qìto carve; carved words; to agree
• 荧yínga glimmer; glimmering; twinkling
• 垩èto whitewash; to plaster

Sounds the same

Read yíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 迎to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties)…
• 赢to beat; to win; to profit
• 营camp; barracks; battalion
• 盈full; filled; surplus
• 莹luster of gems
• 瀛ocean
• 滢clear; limpid (of water)
• 萤firefly; glow-worm
• 蝇fly; musca
• 荧a glimmer; glimmering; twinkling
• 萦(literary) to wind around
• 楹pillar