英

yīng

abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]

United Kingdom; British; England; English; hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossom

plant (艹) + sound hint (央) = flowering excellence

艹 grounds the character in plant life — 英 originally meant a flower or blossom. 央 is mainly phonetic, lending something close to the yīng sound; the plant radical carries the meaning.

艹+央→英
央CenterPhonetic
艹GrassSemantic

他的英语说得很好,大家都很佩服他。

tā de yīng yǔ shuō de hěn hǎo, dà jiā dōu hěn pèi fú tā。

His English is very good; everyone admires him for it.

她去年去英国旅游,学到了很多东西。

tā qù nián qù yīng guó lǚ yóu, xué dào le hěn duō dōng xi。

She traveled to the United Kingdom last year and learned a great deal.

Words with 英

英国

yīng guó

United Kingdom (UK); Britain

英烈

yīng liè

hero

英宗

yīng zōng

Yingzong, temple name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong 正統|正统[Zheng4 tong3]

英雄

yīng xióng

hero

英德市

yīng dé shì

Yingde, a county-level city in Qingyuan City 清遠市|清远市[Qing1 yuan3 Shi4], Guangdong

秀英

xiù yīng

see 秀英區|秀英区[Xiu4 ying1 Qu1]

英吉利海峡

yīng jí lì hǎi xiá

English Channel

黎智英

lí zhì yīng

Lai Chee-ying, aka Jimmy Lai (1947–), Hong Kong media tycoon, prominent critic of the CCP and supporter of the pro-democracy camp 民主派[Min2 zhu3 pai4]

东条英机

dōng tiáo yīng jī

Tojo Hideki (1884-1948), Japanese military leader hanged as war criminal in 1948

英俊

yīng jùn

handsome

锆英砂

gào yīng shā

zircon sand (zirconium ore)

云英

yún yīng

muscovite, mica (used in TCM)

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