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CHINESE CHARACTER

yíng

迎

迎

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face

Numbered pinyin
ying2
English meanings
greet, go to meet, reception, meet face to face, face, receive, welcome, move towards, meet

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Enclosed from the lower left structure

Enclosed from the lower left arrangement: outside 辶; inside 卬.

  • Outside

    辶
  • Inside

    卬
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    • Left

      匕
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    • Right

      卩

Meaning & sound clues

辶 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “walk”.

卬 is identified as the sound component (áng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 迎.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿺辶卬

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    yíngjiē迎接kèren客人。

    Welcome the guests.

  2. 02

    yíng迎nán难ér而shàng上。

    Rise to the challenge.

  3. 03

    rèqíng热情hàokè好客。

    Hospitable.

  4. 04

    bīn宾zhì至rú如guī归。

    At home.

  5. 05

    yǒngwǎngzhíqián勇往直前。

    Press forward.

  6. 06

    zhōng终huò获chénggōng成功。

    Finally succeed.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 欢迎
  • 迎合
  • 迎接
  • 迎来