• 371st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 124 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yīng (Ying1)United Kingdom • British • England • English • abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]
2. yīng (ying1)brave

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yīng (ying1)The component is pronounced as 'yāng' (yang1). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

英语 (英語)
英雄 

Uncommon

精英 
英俊 
英勇 
英国 (英國)
英国人 (英國人)
英寸 
英文 
英明 
英超 
英镑 (英鎊)
蒲公英 
蔡英文 
马英九 (馬英九)

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  • 121st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 352 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. míng (Ming2)Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) • surname Ming • Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
2. míng (ming2)bright • opposite: dark 暗[an4] • (of meaning) clear • to understand • next • public or open • wise • generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

明天 
明星 
明白 

Uncommon

三明治 
不明 
光明 
分明 
天明 
姚明 
文明 
昆明 
明亮 
明信片 
明儿 (明兒)
明天见 (明天見)
明媚 
明年 
明日 
明明 
明智 
明月 
明朗 
明珠 
明知 
明确 (明確)
明显 (明顯)
发明 (發明)
精明 
聪明 (聰明)
声明 (聲明)
表明 
说明 (說明)
证明 (證明)
透明 
阳光明媚 (陽光明媚)
鲜明 (鮮明)
黎明 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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