yīng

a chin strap

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
yīng infant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔjiengʔeŋribbon
Zhengzhangqeŋ
Unicodeqiɛng

說文解字

冠系也。从糸嬰聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

yīng a chin strap Simplified

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
yīng infant

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode