yíng

sea

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
yíng to win

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangleŋ
Unicodeiɛng

說文解字

水名。从水嬴聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica