瑛

yīng
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(literary) translucent stone similar to jade

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

瑛 has 玉 jade as the meaning part and 英 yīng as the sound part. It first meant the splendor of jade. That grew to transparent jade and then to crystal.

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