颖 (yǐng): head of grain, husk, tip
颖 (yǐng) is a Chinese character meaning “head of grain.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 匕 (phonetic), 禾 (semantic) and 页 (structural). It ranks #2428 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 颖 rice. Its radical form 页 (page) appears in many related characters such as 页 (yè, page), 顺 (shùn, to obey), 须 (xū, must).
Definitions
- head of grain
- husk
- tip
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 颖
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脱颖而出phrase | tuō yǐng ér chū | to reveal one's talent (idiom) |
| 聪颖adjective | cōng yǐng | smart |
| 关颖珊 | guān yǐng shān | Michelle Kwan (1980-), former American figure skater, Olympic medalist |
| 颖果noun | yǐng guǒ | (botany) caryopsis |
| 孔颖达 | kǒng yǐng dá | Kong Yingda (574-648), Confucian scholar |
| 王颖 | wáng yǐng | Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director |
| 颖异adjective | yǐng yì | highly intelligent |
| 邓颖超 | dèng yǐng chāo | Deng Yingchao (1904-1992), Chinese communist leader, wife of Zhou Enlai 周恩來|周恩来 |
| 颖悟adjective | yǐng wù | intelligent |
颖 appears in 10 compound words: 30 as the first character, 30 as the last, and 40 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 颖 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
颖字虽然难写，但意思很有趣。
yǐng zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
The character "颖" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.
刘颖镟谭旻萱米兰出招抢镜 谷爱凌转战时装骚获...
liú yǐng 镟 谭 旻 萱 mǐ lán chū zhāo qiǎng jìng gǔ ài líng zhuǎn zhàn shí zhuāng sāo huò . . .
Liu Yingtuan Tan Minxuan made a move in Milan to steal the spotlight, Gu Ailing moved to the fashion show...
赵丽颖争气赢观众欢心 全球女星No.6
zhào lí yǐng zhēng qì yíng guàn zhòng huān xīn quán qiú nǚ xīng N o . 6
Zhao Liying competed to win the audience's favor as the No.6 actress in the world
...裂后黄金RWA崛起:维塔金为何在熊市中脱颖而出
. . . liè hòu huáng jīn R W A jué qǐ : wéi tǎ jīn wéi hé zài xióng shì zhōng tuō yǐng ér chū
... The rise of gold RWA after the crack: Why Vita Gold stands out in the bear market
孙颖莎等8名国家队球员晋级新加坡大满贯赛单打...
sūn yǐng 莎 děng 8 míng guó jiā duì qiú yuán jìn jí xīn jiā pō dà mǎn guàn sài dān dǎ . . .
Sun Yingsha and other 8 national team players advanced to the singles of the Singapore Grand Slam...
谢京颖孕肚卸货倒数!怀双胞胎“四肢超细” 激瘦...
xiè jīng yǐng yùn dù xiè huò dǎo shǔ ! huái shuāng bāo tāi sì zhī chāo xì jī shòu . . .
Xie Jingying's pregnant belly unloading countdown! Pregnant with twins, "ultra-thin limbs" and extremely thin...
玛丽从大约500名申请者中脱颖而出。
Mǎlì cóng dàyuē 500 míng shēnqǐng zhě zhōng tuōyǐng'érchū.
Mary got the nod from among some 500 applicants.
身着西装，他脱颖而出。
Shēnzhuó xīzhuāng, tā tuōyǐng'érchū.
Wearing a suit, he stood out.
大家听了，都很高兴，觉得这个婚礼又新颖又有意义。
Dàjiā tīng le, dōu hěn gāoxìng, juéde zhège hūnlǐ yòu xīnyǐng yòu yǒuyìyì.
Everyone listened and was very happy, thinking this wedding was both original and meaningful.
許多網路公司为求生存而需要新颖的商业模式。
Xǔduō wǎnglù gōngsī wèi qiúshēng cún ér xūyào xīnyǐng de shāngyèmóshì.
Many on-line companies need to have a new approach to business to survive.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 禾 (rice) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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