yíng

lustre of gems

Fiery  like a gem 

Components

Meaning component
yán, kài flame
Meaning component
cover
Meaning component
jade

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷreŋ
qʷeːŋs
Unicodehiuæng
qèng

說文解字

玉色。从玉,熒省聲。一曰石之次玉者。《逸論語》曰:“如玉之瑩。”

Sources

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

yíng lustre of gems Simplified

Simplified form of ; fiery  like a gem 

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
Meaning component
cover
Meaning component
jade

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode