縈
yíng

entangle

Components

𤇾
𤇾 Sound component
yìng glimmer
糸
糸 Meaning component
mì, sī silk

thread

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʷeŋ
Unicodeqiuɛng

說文解字

《說文》：“縈，收韏也。从糸，熒省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

萦 yíng entangle Simplified

Components

艹
艹 Unknown component
cao, cǎo grass
冖
冖 Unknown component
mì cover
糸
糸 Meaning component
mì, sī silk

thread

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

潆

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

潆

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode