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莹

yíng

Character Traditional 瑩

What 莹 means

1. luster of gems

Words containing 莹

• 晶莹jīng yíngsparkling and translucent
• 沈莹Shěn YíngShen Ying of Wu, governor (268-280) of coastal province of Wu and compiler of Seaboard…
• 清莹qīng yínglimpid; glistening
• 绿莹莹lǜ yīng yīnggreen and lush

Characters that look like 莹

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

• 营yíngcamp; barracks; battalion
• 圈quāncircle; ring; loop; (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom…
• 荧yínga glimmer; glimmering; twinkling
• 荫yīn(bound form) shade (of a tree)
• 莆púused in 莆田
• 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
• 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
• 茔(literary) a grave