瀛 (yíng): ocean

瀛 (yíng) is a Chinese character meaning “ocean.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 氵 (water). It ranks #5342 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 氵 water19 strokesFrequency #5342

Definitions

  1. ocean

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
东瀛dōng yíng(literary) East China Sea
瀛台yíng táiYingtai, artificial island in Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1 nan2 hai3], now serves as the site to host national banquets and...
瀛洲yíng zhōuYingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality
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Total compounds
67
As first character
33
As last character
0
As middle character

瀛 appears in 3 compound words: 67 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

暴雨过后，瀛水上涨，淹没了低洼的街道。

bào yǔ guò hòu , yíng shuǐ shàng zhǎng , yān méi le dī wā de jiē dào .

After the heavy rain, the Ying River swelled and flooded the low-lying streets.

東方日報Mar 2026

纷纷打退堂鼓 东瀛兵团剩低4驹今飞杜拜

fēn fēn dǎ tuì táng gǔ dōng yíng bīng tuán shèng dī 4 驹 jīn fēi dù bài

One by one, they’ve pulled out; only four horses remain from the Japanese contingent heading to Dubai today

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 瀛 (yíng) mean in Chinese?
瀛 (yíng) primarily means "ocean." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #5342 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 瀛 have?
瀛 is written with 19 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 瀛?
The radical associated with 瀛 is 氵 (water). This radical appears in many characters related to water.
What are common words containing 瀛?
Common words with 瀛 include: 东瀛 (dōng yíng, "(literary) East China Sea"); 瀛台 (yíng tái, "Yingtai, artificial island in Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1 nan2 hai3], now serves as the site to host national banquets and..."); 瀛洲 (yíng zhōu, "Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality"). There are over 3 compound words containing this character.
Is 瀛 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 瀛 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.