咏 Strokes Write it Listen 咏 yǒng to sing, to hum, to chant HSK 7–9 8 strokes Radical 口 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from口meaningkǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening永soundyǒnglong; perpetual, eternal; forever How it works口 hints at the meaning (mouth), and 永 yǒng hints at the sound.