莺(yīng)

10 strokesTrad. 鶯

oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers

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Character information

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

Origin & structure

Where 莺 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

艹ǎo冖mì鸟niǎo

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

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

How to write 莺 step by step

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

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Words with 莺

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

yè夜yīng莺

nightingale

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liǔ柳yīng莺

(ornithology) leaf warbler (bird of genus Phylloscopus)

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yīng莺gē歌

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

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yīng莺gē歌yàn燕wǔ舞

the warbler sings and the swallow dances

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Related characters

From 莺’s common words

夜柳歌燕舞

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