撄 (yīng): (classical) to disturb; to prov…

Meanings

1 (classical) to disturb; to provoke; to come into conflict with

Characters

撄

yīng

to disturb; to provoke

Examples

湖边的樱花开得正盛。

Húbiān de yīnghuā kāi de zhèng shèng.

The cherry blossoms by the lake are in full bloom.

Tips

history

No standalone use in modern Chinese; it appears in literary phrases such as 撄其锋 (to take on someone's sharp edge head-on). It is the hand radical 扌 plus phonetic 婴.

register

Classical and literary only; seen in texts like the 庄子, not in speech.

Components

radical

扌 shǒu

hand

The left-side hand radical, 手 in compact form. It marks the word as a hand-driven action, here disturbing or provoking, the same family as 打 and 扰.

phonetic

婴 yīng

infant; to entangle; phonetic

Supplies the sound yīng. The same phonetic gives the reading of 樱 and 缨; it contributes pronunciation only.

Stroke Order

撄 yīng

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to rush over / to hurry over / to come in a hurry

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that's enough!; all right! / come on! (expressing impatience or dismissal)