咏 — Chinese character
咏
yǒng
to sing, to hum, to chant
- Pinyin
- yǒng
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 口 永
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 永
- Traditional
- 詠
- Japanese
- 咏 as a kanji
Common words with 咏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歌咏 (歌詠) | gē yǒng | to sing |
| 咏春 (詠春) | yǒng chūn | Wing Chun; same as 咏春拳 (yǒng chūn quán) |
| 咏叹调 (詠嘆調) | yǒng tàn diào | aria |
| 吟咏 (吟詠) | yín yǒng | to recite; to sing (of poetry) |
| 咏春拳 (詠春拳) | yǒng chūn quán | Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art) |
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.