詠

Information about character(s)

Radical: 言
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 12
Simplified Form: 咏
Variants: 咏

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yǒng
Cantonese: wing6
JapaneseKun: YOMU UTAU NAGAMERU
JapaneseOn: EI
Korean: YENG
Vietnamese: vịnh

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: sing, hum, chant

CE-Dict: to sing

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to chant; to intone
2.to sing of; to express in poetic form
3.the chirping of birds

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: chant; intone

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: chant; intone

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《言部》詠歌也。从言永聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集上】【言字部】詠
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤爲命切，音泳。【說文】歌也。【玉篇】長言也。【增韻】詠歌謳吟也。【書·益稷】戛擊鳴球，搏拊琴瑟以詠。【傳】以合詠歌之聲也。【爾雅序】敘詩人之興詠。【疏】詠者，永言也。【前漢·藝文志】詠其聲謂之歌。　又鳥鳴亦曰詠。【陸機·悲哉行】耳悲詠時禽。【註】禽聲應時而變也。　又通作咏。【史記·樂書】歌詠其聲也。【禮·樂記】作歌咏。　又【說文長箋】省作永。【書·舜典】詩言志，歌永言。

CF-Dict: réciter/chanter

Han-De-Dict: Ode, Gedicht (u.E.) (S, Lit); Bsp.: 詠梅咏梅 -- Ode an die Winterkirsche ( Gedicht an die Winterkirsche )/in poetischer Form erzählen (u.E.) (V, Lit); Bsp.: 吟詠吟咏 -- ein Gedicht rezitieren/rezitativisch singen (u.E.) (V, Mus)/rezitieren (u.E.) (V)/Lied, Gesang (u.E.) (S); Bsp.: 歌詠歌咏 -- Gesang, Lied