楹 — Chinese character
楹
yíng
pillar, column
- Pinyin
- yíng
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 木 盈
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wood; meaning component 木; sound component 盈
- Japanese
- 楹 as a kanji
Common words with 楹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 楹联 (楹聯) | yíng lián | couplet (hung on the columns of a hall) |
| 雕楹碧槛 (雕楹碧檻) | diāo yíng bì kǎn | carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom); heavily decorated environment |
English words written with 楹
楹 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.