英

Ying1
#371 most
frequent character
United Kingdom, British, England

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

英 has 艹 vegetation as the picture part and 央 yāng as the sound part. It first meant 'flower'. From there it grew to 'beautiful', 'outstanding', and 'hero'. The meaning 'England; Britain' was borrowed for the sound alone.

Drawn as: vegetation

英 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
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Same Characters, Different Readings

英yīng
hero, outstanding, excellent

Homophones

应Ying1
surname Ying, Taiwan pr. [Ying4]

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