鹰 (yīng) — eagle; hawk; falcon
Definition
noun
eaglehawkfalcon
Measure word · 只
Examples
- 鹰。Yì zhī yīng cóng shān dǐng fēi guò.An eagle flew over the mountaintop.
- 鹰。yīng De shì lì fēi cháng hǎo.Eagles have very good eyesight.
- 鹰。Tā zài yě wài pāi dào yì zhī yīng.He photographed an eagle in the wild.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 鷹; 鹰 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
鳥鳥niǎobird
Sound part声符shēngfú
䧹
䧹䧹鷹yīng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.
The traditional form 鷹 combines 鳥 (bird) with 䧹, which gives the sound.
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