Read Edit View history Discussion 嬰 yīng infant Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a woman (女) wearing shell ornaments (賏) around her neck. 賏 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "necklace". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "infant" or "baby". Pinyin Separate values with commas yīng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 婴 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts two shells (貝) strung together. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 嬰 Simp strokes 嬰 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 嬰 Simp strokes 嬰 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 嬰 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 236, 783 ], [ 260, 761 ], [ 269, 718 ], [ 271, 605 ], [ 264, 550 ], [ 268, 502 ] ], [ [ 284, 755 ], [ 305, 770 ], [ 398, 793 ], [ 415, 789 ], [ 441, 761 ], [ 436, 673 ], [ 441, 561 ], [ 434, 500 ] ], [ [ 294, 675 ], [ 300, 685 ], [ 322, 690 ], [ 357, 694 ], [ 373, 689 ] ], [ [ 297, 592 ], [ 304, 603 ], [ 324, 609 ], [ 358, 613 ], [ 377, 608 ] ], [ [ 288, 520 ], [ 300, 530 ], [ 369, 543 ], [ 392, 542 ], [ 400, 534 ] ], [ [ 331, 458 ], [ 306, 454 ], [ 254, 389 ], [ 177, 333 ] ], [ [ 383, 483 ], [ 423, 449 ], [ 433, 426 ] ], [ [ 541, 808 ], [ 562, 785 ], [ 572, 732 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Q 404 439 415 421 Q 422 411 433 410 Q 440 409 446 417 Q 450 426 448 447 Q 447 459 430 470 Q 388 492 380 490 Q 376 489 376 479 Q 377 472 392 454 Z", "M 576 801 Q 561 813 543 817 Q 536 818 532 811 Q 531 807 536 800 Q 570 713 547 592 Q 538 573 544 551 Q 551 526 560 518 Q 569 508 576 519 Q 580 525 583 533 L 588 561 Q 591 576 591 612 L 590 640 Q 590 670 589 701 L 589 723 Q 588 762 590 776 C 591 790 591 790 576 801 Z", "M 717 548 Q 718 541 724 533 Q 734 511 742 511 Q 754 512 767 538 Q 779 559 778 575 Q 759 731 789 777 Q 798 790 791 799 Q 769 818 729 836 Q 716 840 697 833 Q 655 815 576 801 C 546 796 560 772 590 776 Q 594 776 600 777 Q 706 804 714 793 Q 724 780 725 731 Q 726 596 719 570 Q 718 569 718 568 C 715 553 715 553 717 548 Z", "M 589 701 Q 643 707 682 713 Q 700 717 693 726 Q 684 738 665 741 Q 637 744 589 723 C 561 711 559 698 589 701 Z", "M 591 612 Q 640 621 677 624 Q 696 627 689 638 Q 680 650 659 653 Q 632 657 590 640 C 562 629 561 607 591 612 Z", "M 583 533 Q 589 532 598 534 Q 635 541 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Q 243 14 264 9 Q 415 -18 525 71 Q 525 72 527 73 L 561 111 Q 562 114 566 117 Q 603 163 625 221 Q 641 267 656 280 Q 656 281 657 281 C 670 296 670 296 648 315 Z", "M 657 281 Q 780 285 939 263 Q 961 259 968 268 Q 975 280 965 292 Q 901 356 831 333 Q 825 333 648 315 L 574 310 Q 517 307 466 302 L 405 297 Q 326 293 262 286 Q 153 274 72 279 Q 59 279 57 268 Q 56 258 73 242 Q 113 209 146 220 Q 233 251 394 264 L 448 269 Q 503 275 575 277 L 657 281 Z" ] } 17 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.