yīng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 Japanese variant form of 应 (to answer; should; to respond)

Examples

Biérén jiào nǐ, yīnggāi mǎshàng dāying.
When someone calls you, you should answer at once.

Tips

history
is the Japanese simplified writing of , which Chinese simplifies instead to . It is not used in standard Chinese; you meet only in Japanese text or when discussing variant character forms.
register
Japanese variant only. In Chinese always use .

Components

radical
广 guǎng
a lean-to shelter; building
The 'shelter' element 广 over a body is kept from the traditional ; it is the indexing radical, the same one used in the Chinese simplified .
semantic
xīn
heart; mind
The 'heart' below carries the sense of inner willingness — to respond and to consent — that shares with .

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Stroke Order

yīng