迎

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to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 meaning “walk” + 卬 sound ( áng )

Components 辶卬

greet · Heisig RSH #1300

stamp collection + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
迎面而来	yíng miàn ér lái	directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind)
迎头儿	yíng tóu r	erhua variant of 迎頭\|迎头[ying2 tou2]
迎难而上	yíng nán ér shàng	(idiom) to press on in the face of challenges
迎神赛会	yíng shén sài huì	folk festival, esp. involving shrine or image of God
迎头打击	yíng tóu dǎ jī	to hit head on
有失远迎	yǒu shī yuǎn yíng	(polite) excuse me for not going out to meet you
迎江区	Yíng jiāng Qū	Yingjiang, a district of Anqing City 安慶市\|安庆市[An1 qing4 Shi4], Anhui
布防迎战	bù fáng yíng zhàn	to prepare to meet the enemy head-on
迎春花	yíng chūn huā	winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
笑脸相迎	xiào liǎn xiāng yíng	to welcome sb with a smiling face (idiom)
迎头痛击	yíng tóu tòng jī	to deliver a frontal assault; to meet head-on (idiom)
不受欢迎	bù shòu huān yíng	unwelcome
迎头	yíng tóu	to meet head-on; face-to-face; directly
送旧迎新	sòng jiù yíng xīn	usher out the old, greet the new; esp. to see in the New Year
迎风招展	yíng fēng zhāo zhǎn	to flutter in the wind (idiom)
迎客松	Yíng kè Sōng	Greeting Pine, symbol of Huangshan 黃山\|黄山[Huang2 shan1]
欢迎光临	huān yíng guāng lín	Welcome! (used by staff to greet customers when they enter a shop or restaurant)
迎面	yíng miàn	directly; head-on (collision); (of wind) in one's face
出迎	chū yíng	to greet; to go out to meet
迎风	yíng fēng	in the wind; facing the wind; downwind

Characters sharing the sound component 卬 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
卬 sound part	áng	lofty; high; to raise; high-priced, expensive
昂	áng	to rise; proud, bold, upright
抑	yì	to curb, to hinder; to keep down, to repress