yōng
adjective #49,404

Meanings

  1. 1 harmonious; in concord
  2. 2 surname Yong

Examples

Yìjiārén shēnghuó de yōngmù wēnxīn.
The whole family lived in warmth and harmony.
Tā jǔzhǐ yōngróng dàfang.
She carried herself with a dignified, graceful air.

Tips

culture
Beyond 雍容 (yōngróng, dignified and graceful), this character names the 雍正 (Yōngzhèng) reign of the Qing dynasty (1722–1735) and Beijing's 雍和宫 (Yōnghégōng, the Lama Temple).

Components

ideograph
yōng
harmonious
Originally a picture of birds gathered peacefully together by water, giving the idea of harmony. The parts have fused into a single thirteen-stroke block that no longer cleanly separates. Indexed under Kangxi radical 172 (short-tailed bird), still faintly visible on the lower right.

Filed under radical (zhuī, #172) by convention. is not a separate component in , so no strokes are highlighted.

Stroke Order

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