瑩

See also: 莹

瑩 U+7469, 瑩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7469 ← 瑨 [U+7468] CJK Unified Ideographs 瑪 → [U+746A]

瑩 U+F9AE, 瑩 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9AE ← 玲 [U+F9AD] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 羚 → [U+F9AF]

Translingual

Traditional	瑩
Shinjitai (extended)	𭸼
Simplified	莹

Han character

瑩 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉たま+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火ひ火ひ月がつ一いち戈ほこ (FFBMI), four-corner 9910₃, composition ⿱𤇾玉たま)

Derived characters

• 瀅(滢) 㼆(𬎆) 𠐓 𡃅 𤑚 𥗏 𨯗 𨽓 𪦯 𬘌

Related characters

• 莹 (Simplified Chinese)
• 𭸼 (Japanese extended shinjitai)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 739, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21155
• Dae Jaweon: page 1149, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1132, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7469

• Unihan data for U+F9AE

Chinese

trad.		瑩
simp.		莹

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (熒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鶯うぐいす	*qreːŋ
罃	*qreːŋ
嫈	*qreːŋ, *qreːŋs, *qʷeŋ
褮	*qreːŋ, *qʷeŋ, *ɢʷeːŋ
覮	*pqʰʷeːŋ
謍	*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʷreːŋ, *ɢʷeŋ
䁝	*qʷraːŋʔ
嶸	*ɢʷreːŋ, *ɢʷreŋ
嵤	*ɢʷreːŋ
榮さかえ	*ɢʷreŋ
瑩	*ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs
蠑	*ɢʷreŋ
禜	*ɢʷreŋ, *ɢʷreŋs
醟	*ɢʷreŋs, *qʰʷeŋs
檾	*kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
煢	*ɡʷeŋ
焭	*ɡʷeŋ
縈	*qʷeŋ
營	*ɢʷeŋ
鎣	*ɢʷeŋ, *qʷeːŋs
塋	*ɢʷeŋ
濴	*ɢʷeŋ
熒	*ɡʷeːŋ
螢ぼたる	*ɡʷeːŋ
滎	*ɡʷeːŋ
濙	*qʷeːŋʔ
瀅	*qʷeːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs) : abbreviated phonetic 熒 (OC *ɡʷeːŋ) + semantic 玉たま (“jade”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíng (ying²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): êng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíng
    • Wade–Giles: ying²
    • Yale: yíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yng
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing⁴
    • Yale: yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: êng
    • Tâi-lô: îng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: eeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwaeng, 'engH

Rime
Character	瑩	瑩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲こえ)	云うん (35)	影かげ (34)
Final (韻いん)	庚かのえ (112)	青あお (125)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Closed	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	IV
Fanqie	永えい兵へい切きり	烏がらす定じょう切きり
Baxter	hjwaeng	'engH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠwiæŋ/	/ʔeŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚiaŋ/	/ʔeŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuaŋ/	/ʔɛŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwiajŋ/	/ʔɛjŋH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐŋ/	/ʔeŋH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐŋ/	/ieŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wɐŋ/	/ʔieŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóng	yìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wing4	jing3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷreŋ/, /*qʷeːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瑩	瑩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15366	15391
Phonetic component	熒	熒
Rime group	耕こう	耕こう
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	榮さかえ	鎣
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷreŋ/	/*qʷeːŋs/

Definitions

瑩

1. lustrous and transparent
2. (literary) jade-like stone
3. (literary) luster of gems
4. (literary) to polish; to adorn

Compounds

• 晶あきら瑩／晶あきら莹 (jīngyíng)
• 晶あきら瑩剔透とおる／晶あきら莹剔透とおる
• 澄きよし瑩／澄きよし莹 (chéngyíng)
• 瑩光／莹光
• 瑩嫇／莹嫇
• 瑩潤／莹润
• 瑩澤／莹泽
• 瑩鎧／莹铠
• 瑩鏡／莹镜
• 瑩魄／莹魄
• 白しろ瑩瑩／白しろ莹莹
• 藻も瑩／藻も莹

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𭸼
Kyūjitai	瑩

Kanji

瑩

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. clear

Readings

• On (unclassified): えい (ei)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka)、みがく (migaku)、しぼむ (shibomu)
• Nanori: あきら (akira)

Korean

Hanja

瑩 (eum 영 (yeong))

1. lustre of gems
2. bright, lustrous

Vietnamese

Han character

瑩: Hán Nôm readings: oánh, oành

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