Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Ying Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 273, Entry 04 Pronounced ying. Explanation of Names (Shiming): A person just born is called an infant (ying'er). The area in front of the chest is called ying; because the infant is held against the chest and fed with milk, it is called ying. Another view is that a female child is called ying, and a male child is called hai. Six Scripts Explained (Liushu gu): A woman's jewelry. Ying is something used for adornment. Xunzi, Wealthy State Chapter: A virgin wearing precious pearls. Sometimes also written in a variant form (ying). Also, to apply or impose. Jia Yi, Strategies for Peace and Stability: To apply punishment with sharp blades. Also, to offend or provoke. Han Feizi, Difficulties in Persuasion: The dragon has scales on its throat that grow in reverse; to provoke them is to be killed. Also, to encircle. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Zhuo Mao: Those encircling the city walls could see one another. Also, to entangle or bind. Lu Ji's poetry: The net of the world binds my body and mind. Zhang Jiuling's poetry: My physical form is bound by the worldly net. Also, a mountain name. Sui Records (Sui tujing): Ying Mountain is the main mountain of Bing Prefecture. Also, Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): Jinxing Mountain has many tianying, which are shaped like dragon bones. Also, Nine Ying is a water and fire demon. Masters of Huainan (Huainanzi), Origin of the Way (Benjing xun): Yao sent people to slay Nine Ying above the Xiong River. Also, a bowl or jar. Used interchangeably with ying. Chronicle of King Mu (Mu tianzi zhuan): Objects like golden jars. Also, a surname. Descendants of Ji Ying of the Jin state. Sometimes also written in a variant form (ying). Pronounced ying (falling tone). In the Guanzhong region, children are called ying. Pronounced ying (falling tone). Ying-lei means weak or frail. Another view is that it means to bind.