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+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火火月一戈 (FFBMI), four-corner 9910₃, composition ⿱𤇾玉)

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	*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	*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	*ɡʷeːŋ
滎	*ɡʷeːŋ
濙	*qʷeːŋʔ
瀅	*qʷeːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs) : abbreviated phonetic 熒 (OC *ɡʷeːŋ) + semantic 玉 (“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)	云 (35)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	庚 (112)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	永兵切	烏定切
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	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	榮	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

• 晶瑩／晶莹 (jīngyíng)
• 晶瑩剔透／晶莹剔透
• 澄瑩／澄莹
• 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
• 白瑩瑩／白莹莹
• 藻瑩／藻莹

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𭸼
Kyūjitai	瑩

Kanji

瑩

(uncommon “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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