p8nda
p8nda BETA
Home Dictionary Translate Flashcards Sign in

膺

yīng
noun #47,323

Meanings

  1. 1 chest; breast
  2. 2 to bear; to receive (a duty or punishment)

Examples

旧事填膺，思之凄梗。
Jiùshì tiányīng, sī zhī qī gěng.
Old memories filled his chest, painful to recall.
作恶者必膺惩。
Zuòèzhě bì yīng chéng.
The wrongdoers shall receive due punishment.

Tips

usage
Literary. The chest sense appears in 义愤填膺 (filled with righteous indignation). The 'to bear' sense gives 服膺 (to keep firmly in mind) and 膺惩 (to punish).

Components

radical
⺼ ròu
flesh; meat radical
The meat-flesh radical (a form of 肉), not the moon. As a body-part character, it carries the core meaning 'chest'.
phonetic
䧹 yīng
falcon (phonetic element)
The upper-left enclosing element, also the phonetic in 鹰 (eagle) and 应. It supplies the yīng sound and wraps around the meaning part below.

Stroke Order

膺 yīng