英yīng
petal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English. 8 strokes, radical 艹, first met in HSK 2.
How to write 英
Strokes 1–3 write 艹, then strokes 4–8 write 央.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 英 · the stroke-order rules
What 英 is made of
艹 (cǎo, grass) and 央 (yāng, central).
艹 carries the meaning — flower — and 央 carries the sound.
Words that use 英
| 英文 | English (written language) 指英语这种语言文字 晨光中他大声诵读英文名作。In the morning light, he read English classics aloud. Lesson 90, 学英文 · 见微知著与守正出新 · Insight from the Minute & Innovation with Integrity |
| 英语 | English (spoken language) 指英国等国家使用的语言 他刻苦研读掌握了熟练英语。He studied hard and mastered fluent English. Lesson 92, 音乐会 · 见微知著与守正出新 · Insight from the Minute & Innovation with Integrity |
| 英勇 | brave, heroic 面对危险毫不畏惧，非常勇敢 消防员英勇地冲进火场救人。The firefighters rescue was utterly heroic. Lesson 367, 德操济世与笃守诚信 · 遗泽流芳与志勇兼修 · Cultural Legacy, Civic Duty & Courage |
| 英雄 | hero 指才能勇武过人、受人敬仰的人 影片讲的是一位英雄的故事。The film tells the story of a hero. Lesson 675, 影片英雄 · 仁者爱人与德化天下 · Universal Compassion & Moral Cultivation |
Characters that share the sound part 央
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 艹
All 30 of them, and what the radical means, on the 艹 radical page.