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荥

xíng

Character Traditional 滎

What 荥 means

1. used in {荥阳|Xíng yáng} (the name of a place in Henan)

Other readings

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

• yíngused in {荥经|Yíng jīng} (the name of a place in Sichuan)

Words starting with 荥

• 荥经县Yíng jīng XiànYingjing, a county in Ya'an City 雅安市
• 荥阳市Xíng yáng ShìXingyang, a county-level city in Zhengzhou City 郑州市
• 荥经Yíng jīngsee 荥经县
• 荥阳Xíng yángsee 荥阳市

Characters built on 水

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

• 冰bīngice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold
• 颍Yǐngsurname Ying; river in Henan and Anhui

Sounds the same

Read xíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 行(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 型mold; type; style
• 形to appear; to look; form
• 刑punishment; penalty; sentence
• 饧maltose syrup; molasses; heavy (eyelids)
• 陉border the stove; defile; pass
• 硎whetstone
• 侀shape; statute
• 钘long-necked wine flask
• 铏soup cauldron; (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid; old variant of 硎
• 邢surname Xing; place name
• 蛵see 虰蛵