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英 yīng hero; England, English - Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 艸 căo “grass,” which as an independent word is written 草 (456). When it occurs as a radical at the top of a character, the “grass” radical is written as 艹 and is then known as 草字头 (草字頭) căozìtóu “top made up of the character 草.” Phonetic is 央 yāng “center.”

Examples

• 英 Yīng Ying [SN]
• 英国 (英國) Yīngguo Britain, England [PW]
• 英国人 (英國人) Yīngguo rén Englishman, citizen of England [PH]
• 英文 Yīngwén English language [N]
• 英语 (英語) Yīngyŭ English language [N]
• 英里 yīnglĭ mile [M]
• 马英九 (馬英九) Mă Yīngjiŭ Ma Ying-jeou (President of Taiwan, R.O.C., 2008– )

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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