莺 — Chinese character
莺
yīng
oriole, green finch; Sylvia species (various)
- Pinyin
- yīng
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 艹 冖 鸟
- Formation
- ideographic — A bird 鸟 covered in 冖 green 艹 feathers
- Traditional
- 鶯
Common words with 莺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夜莺 (夜鶯) | yè yīng | nightingale |
| 黄莺 (黃鶯) | huáng yīng | black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) |
| 柳莺 (柳鶯) | liǔ yīng | (ornithology) leaf warbler (bird of genus Phylloscopus) |
| 莺歌燕舞 (鶯歌燕舞) | yīng gē yàn wǔ | the warbler sings and the swallow dances; prosperity abounds (idiom) |
| 冕柳莺 (冕柳鶯) | miǎn liǔ yīng | (bird species of China) eastern crowned warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) |
| 冠纹柳莺 (冠紋柳鶯) | guān wén liǔ yīng | (bird species of China) Claudia's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus claudiae) |
| 北短翅莺 (北短翅鶯) | běi duǎn chì yīng | (bird species of China) Baikal bush warbler (Locustella davidi) |
| 北蝗莺 (北蝗鶯) | běi huáng yīng | (bird species of China) Middendorff's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes ochotensis) |
| 厚嘴苇莺 (厚嘴葦鶯) | hòu zuǐ wěi yīng | (bird species of China) thick-billed warbler (Arundinax aedon) |
| 叽咋柳莺 (嘰咋柳鶯) | jī zǎ liǔ yīng | (bird species of China) common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) |
| 噪大苇莺 (噪大葦鶯) | zào dà wěi yīng | (bird species of China) clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) |
| 大树莺 (大樹鶯) | dà shù yīng | (bird species of China) chestnut-crowned bush warbler (Cettia major) |
English words written with 莺
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.