yīng 🔊 8 strokes Not a word of its own: a part other characters are built from. Meanings yīng Its parts 贝 bèi cowrie = 冂 + 人 贝 bèi cowrie = 冂 + 人 In other characters Gives the sound in 罂 yīng Gives the meaning in 赑 bì Also in 婴 yīng