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颍

Yǐng

Character Traditional 潁

What 颍 means

1. surname Ying
2. river in Henan and Anhui

Words starting with 颍

• 颍上县Yǐng shàng XiànYingshang, a county in Fuyang City 阜阳市
• 颍州区Yǐng zhōu QūYingzhou, a district of Fuyang City 阜阳市
• 颍东区Yǐng dōng QūYingdong, a district of Fuyang City 阜阳市
• 颍泉区Yǐng quán QūYingquan, a district of Fuyang City 阜阳市
• 颍上Yǐng shàngsee 颍上县
• 颍州Yǐng zhōusee 颍州区
• 颍东Yǐng dōngsee 颍东区
• 颍泉Yǐng quánsee 颍泉区

Words containing 颍

• 临颍县Lín yǐng XiànLinying, a county in Luohe City 漯河市
• 临颍Lín yǐngsee 临颍县

Characters built on 页

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

• 领lǐngneck; collar; to lead
• 顶dǐngapex; crown of the head; top
• 颖yǐnghead of grain; husk; tip
• 颈jǐngneck
• 顷qǐngunit of area equal to 100 亩; a short while; a little while ago

Sounds the same

Read Yǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 影picture; image; film
• 颖head of grain; husk; tip
• 瘿goiter; knob on tree
• 郢Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵县
• 矨short and small
• 颕old variant of 颖