Si Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Water (shuǐ)
Ying
Kangxi Strokes: 15
Page 648, Entry 11
According to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), pronounced ying (rising tone). According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced ying (rising tone).
Name of a river.
Book of Rites (Zhouli), Summer Offices (Xiaguan), Division of Regions (Zhifangshi): In Jing Province, its river systems include the Ying and the Zhan.
Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijing): The Ying River originates northwest of Yangcheng County in Yingchuan, at Shaoshi Mountain.
Also, Former Han History (Qianhan), Treatise on Geography (Dilizhi): The three counties of Yingyang, Yingyin, and Linying all belong to Yingchuan Prefecture.
Note: In the Orthodox Dictionary (Zhengzitong), this character is placed under the head radical. Here, it follows the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen). All characters such as ying (referring to the variant with the fire radical), ying (referring to the variant with the grain radical), and ying (this current entry) are now revised and placed under the fire, grain, wood, and water radicals respectively.