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莺

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oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers

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Strokes
10
Radical
艸 +7
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
鶯
Common rank
#664
Unicode
U+83BA

Formation & memory

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How 莺 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A bird 鸟 covered in 冖 green 艹 feathers

Components 艹 冖 鸟

How to remember it

oriole · Heisig RSH #2866

greenhouse + 鸟 bird

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 莺

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WordPinyinMeaning
南亚大草莺 Nán yà dà cǎo yīng (bird species of China) Indian grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis)
大草莺 dà cǎo yīng (bird species of China) Chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus)
日本树莺 Rì běn shù yīng (bird species of China) Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone)
大树莺 dà shù yīng (bird species of China) chestnut-crowned bush warbler (Cettia major)
斑背大尾莺 bān bèi dà wěi yīng (bird species of China) marsh grassbird (Helopsaltes pryeri)
远东树莺 Yuǎn dōng shù yīng (bird species of China) Manchurian bush warbler (Horornis canturians)
云南白斑尾柳莺 Yún nán bái bān wěi liǔ yīng (bird species of China) Davison's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus intensior)
异色树莺 yì sè shù yīng (bird species of China) aberrant bush warbler (Horornis flavolivaceus)
金冠地莺 jīn guān dì yīng (bird species of China) slaty-bellied tesia (Tesia olivea)
海南柳莺 Hǎi nán liǔ yīng (bird species of China) Hainan leaf warbler (Phylloscopus hainanus)
黄莺 huáng yīng black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
日本柳莺 Rì běn liǔ yīng (bird species of China) Japanese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus xanthodryas)
强脚树莺 qiáng jiǎo shù yīng (bird species of China) brown-flanked bush warbler (Horornis fortipes)
高山短翅莺 gāo shān duǎn chì yīng (bird species of China) russet bush warbler (Locustella mandelli)
白喉林莺 bái hóu lín yīng (bird species of China) lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca)
黄腹树莺 huáng fù shù yīng (bird species of China) yellow-bellied bush warbler (Horornis acanthizoides)
灰白喉林莺 huī bái hóu lín yīng (bird species of China) common whitethroat (Curruca communis)
灰腹地莺 huī fù dì yīng (bird species of China) grey-bellied tesia (Tesia cyaniventer)
白斑尾柳莺 bái bān wěi liǔ yīng (bird species of China) Kloss's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ogilviegranti)
凤头雀莺 fèng tóu què yīng (bird species of China) crested tit-warbler (Leptopoecile elegans)