莹 yíng bright
bright; lustrous; sparkling like a gem
怎么记住“莹”: 艹 grass + 冖 cover + 玉 jade = bright. The girl finds a stone in the grass, rubs off its dirty cover and discovers a piece of jade, bright.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
莹 = 𫇦 glow + 玉 jade
- 𫇦 glow sound
- 艹 grass
- 冖 cover
- 玉 jade meaning
The girl finds a stone in the grass, rubs off its dirty cover and discovers a piece of jade, bright.
How it came to be
Jade gives the meaning and the glow on top the sound; the word first meant the colour of jade.
用法
- Bound/literary; crystal-clear and lustrous: 晶莹 (jīngyíng) sparkling and translucent (晶莹的露珠 glittering dewdrops), 莹白 (yíngbái) glossy white.
- Poetic register for gems, dew, tears, and snow; also very common in women's given names.