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膺
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chest

HSK 10
Human →Body →Body Parts
yīng
ヨウ、オウ
むね
응
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 䧹 represents the sound.
Components
⺼ meat (side)+ 䧹 same =
膺 chest
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
䧹 Phonetic component
yīng same
(same as U+9DF9 鷹) hawk
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Notes
Similar Characters
媠 lazy育 education冑 helmet (trad)朊 protein肋 chest肌 muscle肓 region between heart肘 elbow肚 belly肛 anus肜 to sacrifice on肝 liver肟 an organic compound肠 emotions (simp)股 thigh肢 limb肤 superficial (simp)肩 shoulder肪 animal fat肫 the gizzard of a fowl
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
膺
Regular
Modern
Chinese
膺 [yīng]
breast; receive
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (5)
义愤填膺 [yì​fèn​tián​yīng] #50,851
righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
义愤填膺 [yì​fèn​tián​yīng] #50,851
righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
服膺 [fú​yīng] #56,870
to bear in mind
膺选 [yīng​xuǎn] #70,685
to be elected
膺选 [yīng​xuǎn] #70,685
to be elected
JAPANESE WORDS (4)
膺懲 [ようちょう] #113,917
punishment (of an enemy)
服膺 [ふくよう] #152,661
bearing in mind
拳々服膺 [けんけんふくよう] #289,777
firmly bear in mind
暴支膺懲 [ぼうしようちょう]
punish savage China
KOREAN WORDS (1)
응징
punishment; chastisement