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婴

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infant; baby

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
11
Radical
女 +8
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
嬰
Common rank
#2,115
Unicode
U+5A74

Formation & memory

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How 婴 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

woman

Components 贝 ×2 女

How to remember it

baby · Heisig RSH #1519

oyster + 女 woman

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 婴

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
婴儿手推车 yīng ér shǒu tuī chē baby buggy
连体婴儿 lián tǐ yīng ér conjoined twins; Siamese twins
试管婴儿 shì guǎn yīng ér test tube baby
婴儿车 yīng ér chē baby carriage; pram; stroller
婴儿期 yīng ér qī infancy
连体婴 lián tǐ yīng conjoined twins
反圣婴 Fǎn shèng yīng La Niña (counterpart of El Niño in meteorology)
婴儿床 yīng ér chuáng crib; baby's bed
育婴师 yù yīng shī nanny (for infants and toddlers)
婴儿潮 yīng ér cháo baby boom
育婴假 yù yīng jià (Tw) parental leave
婴儿 yīng ér infant; baby; CL:個|个[ge4]; lead (Pb)
婴儿猝死综合症 yīng ér cù sǐ zōng hé zhèng sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); crib death
女婴 nǚ yīng female baby
圣婴 Shèng yīng El Niño (meteorology); Holy Infant (Christianity)
杀婴 shā yīng infanticide
婴幼儿 yīng yòu ér baby
男婴 nán yīng male baby
育婴 yù yīng to look after a baby
巨婴 jù yīng large infant; macrosomic baby; (slang) emotionally immature adult; adult who behaves like …

Sound family

These characters use 婴 as their sound component — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
婴 sound part yīng baby, infant; to bother
鹦 yīng parrot
樱 yīng cherry, cherry blossom
缨 yīng tassel, ribbon; to bother, to annoy
璎 yīng a necklace made of precious stones
嘤 yīng onomatopoetic, a bird call; to seek friends
撄 yīng to offend, to oppose, to run counter to
瘿 yǐng swelling, goiter