莹
yíng HSK7

lustre of gems

Simplified form of 瑩; fiery 火 like a gem 玉

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
冖
冖 Meaning component
mì cover
玉
玉 Meaning component
yù jade

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

滢

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

滢

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瑩 yíng lustre of gems Traditional

Fiery 火 like a gem 玉

Components

炏
炏 Meaning component
yán, kài flame
冖
冖 Meaning component
mì cover
玉
玉 Meaning component
yù 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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)