(yīng)

10 strokesTrad.

oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
yīng
Meaning
oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
Strokes
10
HSK level
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱艹⿱冖鸟

A bird 鸟 covered in 冖 green 艹 feathers

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form : A bird 鳥 covered in 冖 green 炏 feathers

How to write step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yīng

nightingale

Open 夜莺 page →
liǔyīng

(ornithology) leaf warbler (bird of genus Phylloscopus)

Open 柳莺 page →
yīng

Yingge or Yingko town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan

Open 莺歌 page →

the warbler sings and the swallow dances

Open 莺歌燕舞 page →

Related characters

From ’s common words

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