莹
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luster of gems
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 艸 +7
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 瑩
- Common rank
- #4,279
- Unicode
- U+83B9
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 莹 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Simplified form of 瑩; fiery 火 like a gem 玉
How to remember it
lustrous · Heisig RSH #2124
greenhouse + 玉 jade
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 莹
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 清莹 | limpid; glistening | |
| 晶莹 | sparkling and translucent | |
| 绿莹莹 | green and lush | |
| 沈莹 | Shen Ying of Wu, governor (268-280) of coastal province of Wu and compiler of Seaboard Geo… |