楹
yíng

column

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

wood

盈
盈 Sound component
yíng fill

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyengleŋpillar
Zhengzhangleŋ
Unicodeiɛng

說文解字

柱也。从木盈聲。《春秋傳》曰：“丹桓宫楹。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)