How to write 萦

萦 (yíng) 1. 缭绕: coil, entwine. Examples: ～回 (coil back), ～绕 (twist around), ～纡 (curl around), ～怀 (linger in affection). 2. 同本义 (coil): Examples: 牵缠 (entangle), 牵挂 (worry; care). 3. 通“荧” (puzzle; confuse): Examples: 迷惑 (bewilderment). 4. 弯曲 (bend): Examples: Examples: ---- (to bend). 【本义】: 回旋缠绕 (The original meaning: to spiral and intertwine). 【造字法】: 形声 (Phonetic-ideographic character). From 糸 (mì, silk), 荧 (yíng, to shine)省声 (contraction of sound). 糸 indicates fine threads. 引: 1. 《说文》: 萦，收卷也 (In Shuo Wen: "Ying, to entwine"). 2. 《通俗文》: 收绩曰萦 ("Collecting achievements is called Ying"). 3. 《广韵》: 萦，绕也 ("Ying means to encircle"). 4. 《诗·周南·寥木》: 葛藟萦之 (In the Book of Songs: "The vines entwine"). 5. 李白《蜀道难》: 百步九折萦岩峦 (Li Bai, "The Path of Shu": "A hundred steps in nine turns winding around the cliffs"). 6. 《西游记》: 峻赠怪石列，崎岖曲道萦 (In "Journey to the West": "The steep cliffs are lined with strange stones, and the winding path curves steeply"). Examples: - 萦抱 (to embrace), - 萦环 (to encircle; to wear circular ornaments), - 萦萦 (the appearance of entwining). 牵缠; 牵挂 (worry; care): Examples: - 萦萦 (to linger in thought), - 萦心 (to be entangled in one's heart), - 萦挂 (to be concerned), - 萦牵 (to be entwined in care), - 萦绊 (to be entangled in worries), - 萦惹 (to attract entanglement). 通“荧” (puzzle; confuse): Examples: - 萦悸 (to be puzzled and afraid), - 萦惑 (to be confused). 弯曲 (bend): 引: 1. 宋· 朱熹《偶题》: 断梗桔槎无拍处，一川寒碧自萦回 (In Song, Zhu Xi's "Occasional Poem": "The broken vine of the orange twig has no place to strike; a river of cold emerald quietly winds"). Examples: - 萦薄 (a bent area where grass and trees grow densely).