莹 (yíng): luster of gems
莹 (yíng) is a Chinese character meaning “luster of gems.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (structural), 冖 (structural) and 玉 (structural). It ranks #2538 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 莹 simplified form of 瑩; fiery 火 like a gem 玉. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- luster of gems
Etymology & Origin
ideographicSimplified form of 瑩; fiery 火 like a gem 玉
Decomposition: ⿱艹⿱冖玉 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晶莹adjective | jīng yíng | sparkling and translucent |
| 清莹 | qīng yíng | limpid |
| 绿莹莹 | lǜ yīng yīng | green and lush |
| 沈莹 | shěn yíng | Shen Ying of Wu, governor (268-280) of coastal province of Wu and compiler of Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer 臨海水土誌|临海水土志 |
莹 appears in 4 compound words: 0 as the first character, 75 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 莹 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
了解莹字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè yíng zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origin of the character "Ying" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
蓝营新竹提名恐牵动国会版图 吴子嘉:徐欣莹动向冲击54席优势
lán yíng xīn zhú tí míng kǒng qiān dòng guó huì bǎn tú wú zǐ jiā : xú xīn yíng dòng xiàng chōng jī 5 4 xí yōu shì
Blue Camp’s Hsinchu Nomination Could Shift Legislative Landscape; Wu Tzu-chia: Hsu Hsin-ying’s Decision Could Undermine 54-Seat Majority
徐欣莹打“万事安欣”牌 陈见贤:实践初选公约“...
xú xīn yíng dǎ wàn shì ān xīn pái chén jiàn xián : shí jiàn chū xuǎn gōng yuē . . .
Xu Xinying plays the "Everything is Fine" card; Chen Jianxian: Putting the primary campaign pledge into practice "..."
竹县初选 徐欣莹、陈见贤吁勿内斗
zhú xiàn chū xuǎn xú xīn yíng , chén jiàn xián xū wù nèi dǒu
Zhuxian primary election Xu Xinying and Chen Jianxian called on not to fight infighting
国民党竹县初选 徐欣莹、陈见贤吁勿内斗
guó mín dǎng zhú xiàn chū xuǎn xú xīn yíng , chén jiàn xián xū wù nèi dǒu
Kuomintang Zhuxian primary election Xu Xinying and Chen Jianxian called on not to fight infighting
Character Family
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