Si Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Water (shuǐ)
Ying
Kangxi Dictionary Strokes: 20
Page 660, Entry 04
Pronounced yíng. Refers to the great ocean. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Thus, there is a great ocean encircling its exterior.
Also, Songs of Chu (Chuci): Leaning against the marshland dikes, looking out over the vastness. Commentary: People of the Chu region refer to the middle of a marsh as ying.
Also, a mountain name. Universal Geography (Guangyu ji): Ying Mountain, located south of the city of Chongqing Prefecture.
Also, Yingzhou, name of a mystical mountain. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): In the sea, there are three mystical mountains named Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou.
Also, a prefecture name. Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui): A kingdom of Hejian during the Han dynasty. The Northern Wei dynasty established Ying Prefecture, naming it after the Ying Sea. During the Song dynasty, it was Hejian Prefecture.