婴

嬰
yīng
#2,111 most
frequent character
infant, baby

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

婴 pictures a woman with a shell necklace. The shell part 婴 without 女 yìng also supplies the sound, and the first meaning was shells worn as jewelry. The meaning then grew to infant or baby.

Drawn as: woman with shell necklace

婴 as a component in other characters

sound7 characters
樱鹦缨嘤瘿璎撄

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Homophones

应yīng
answer, respond, agree, should
英yīng
hero, outstanding, excellent
鹰yīng
eagle, falcon, hawk

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