英 — Chinese character
英
yīng
petal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English
- Pinyin
- yīng
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 艹 央
- Formation
- pictophonetic — flower; meaning component 艹; sound component 央
- Japanese
- 英 as a kanji
Common words with 英
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 英雄 | yīng xióng | hero; 个 (gè) |
| 精英 | jīng yīng | cream; elite |
| 英尺 | yīng chǐ | foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) |
| 英里 | yīng lǐ | mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km) |
| 英勇 | yīng yǒng | heroic; gallant |
| 英寸 | yīng cùn | inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.) |
| 英亩 (英畝) | yīng mǔ | acre |
| 英明 | yīng míng | wise; brilliant |
| 英俊 | yīng jùn | handsome |
| 菁英 | jīng yīng | elite |
| 石英 | shí yīng | quartz |
| 民族英雄 | mín zú yīng xióng | national hero |
English words written with 英
英 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 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.