yǐng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Ying River, a major tributary of the Huai River (proper noun)

Examples

HSK 3
Yǐng hé shì Huái hé zuì dà de zhīliú.
The Ying River is the largest tributary of the Huai River.

Tips

history
is not a general word; it is a fixed river and place name. It names the in Henan and Anhui and survives in old place names such as . The head radical is the index; inside marks it as a watercourse.
mistakes
Do not confuse (river name, with inside) with the look-alike (as in 聪颖, 'clever', with inside). They share a sound but are different characters.

Components

radical
head (as a radical)
is the indexing radical of ; here it works as the phonetic-bearing right side rather than adding a 'head' meaning, the river sense coming from .
semantic
shuǐ
water
(water) on the upper left marks as a river, distinguishing it from the grain-topped look-alike .

Stroke Order

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