嬰

See also: 婴

Translingual

Han character

嬰 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月金女 (BCV), four-corner 6640₄, composition ⿱賏女)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6828
• Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1086, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5B30

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Chinese

trad.		嬰
simp.		婴

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嬰
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
瀴	*qreːŋs, *mqeːŋʔ, *qeːŋʔ
甖	*qreːŋ
鸚	*qreːŋ
櫻	*qreːŋ
嚶	*qreːŋ
罌	*qreːŋ
鸎	*qreːŋ
譻	*qreːŋ
賏	*qreŋs, *qeŋ
嬰	*qeŋ
瓔	*qeŋ
纓	*qeŋ
攖	*qeŋ
蘡	*qeŋ
癭	*qeŋʔ
廮	*qeŋʔ
巊	*qeːŋʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 賏 (“a string of shells”) + 女 (“woman”).

Etymology

Probably related to 縈 (OC *qʷeŋ, “to entwine”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yīng (ying¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yin¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jing¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yen¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): in¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yîn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yin¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): ing¹
• Northern Min (KCR): éng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ĕng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): eⁿ / iⁿ / eng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): êng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹in
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): in¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ying
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹
    • Yale: yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ing
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yin¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: in
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing¹
    • Yale: yīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jen³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: in¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: in´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /in²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)in´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /in⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ing¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ĩŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: éng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eiŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛiŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: enn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /ẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɛ̃⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: inn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kinmen): /ĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /ĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng
    • Tâi-lô: ing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• eⁿ/iⁿ - vernacular;
• eng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: êng¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: eng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹in
    • MiniDict: in^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: in¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jieng

Rime
Character	嬰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於盈切
Baxter	'jieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qeŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嬰	嬰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yīng	yīng
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjieng ›	‹ ʔjieng ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔeŋ/	/*ʔeŋ/
English	surround; necklace	baby
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬰
Reading #	1/1
No.	15336
Phonetic component	賏
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嬰
Old Chinese	/*qeŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嬰

1. baby; infant
2. ^† necklace
3. ^† to put on; to wear
4. ^† to surround
5. ^† to entangle; to fetter
6. ^† to suffer
7. ^† to offend
8. ^† to exert
9. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嬰兒 (“baby; infant”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		嬰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嬰兒, 嬰孩
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嬰孩兒
	Taiwan	嬰兒, 寶寶
	Singapore	嬰兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	娃娃
	Wanrong	胎娃
	Xuzhou	小毛娃兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	奶娃兒, 奶娃子, 奶娃娃
	Wuhan	毛頭伢, 毛頭, 毛毛伢, 毛毛, 伢伢
	Guiyang	嫩娃娃
	Kunming	小每每, 小咕奶兒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小毛娃, 毛娃, 小寶寶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB, 阿蝦, 臊妹, 嫩蚊仔
	Hong Kong	BB仔, BB, B, 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, 蝦仔
	Macau	BB仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蘇蝦仔
	Taishan	毛蝦
	Dongguan	蘇蝦仔, BB, BB仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蘇蝦仔, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蘇蝦
Gan	Nanchang	毛伢子
	Lichuan	毛伢崽
	Pingxiang	毛毛仔
Hakka	Meixian	孲𤘅仔
	Xingning	孲𤘅哩
	Huidong (Daling)	孲𤘅仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	孲𤘅子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	嫩仔
	Changting	孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
	Wuping	孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蝦毛子
	Liancheng	孲𤘅子
	Yudu	伢人子, 毛伢子
	Ruijin	孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
	Shicheng	赤伢
	Shangyou (Shexi)	伢毛子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	孲𤘅仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	孲𤘅仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	孲𤘅, 孲𤘅仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	孲𤘅
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿佅, 嬰仔
Huizhou	Jixi	細妹
Jin	Taiyuan	小娃娃
	Xinzhou	小娃子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𤘅仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	兒囝囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	嬰仔, 幼囝
	Quanzhou	嬰仔, 幼囝
	Jinjiang	幼囝
	Yongchun	嬰囝
	Zhangzhou	嬰仔, 嬰哥, 紅嬰仔, 紅嬰, 幼囝
	Taipei	嬰仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	紅嬰
	Kaohsiung	紅嬰仔
	Yilan	紅嬰仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	紅嬰仔
	Taichung	紅嬰仔
	Tainan	紅嬰仔
	Hsinchu	紅嬰仔
	Kinmen	嬰仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	嬰仔, 尾咪, 細囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	嬰仔
	Guilin (Biyange)	毛毛崽
	Shantou	孥囝
	Jieyang	伲伲, 阿伲, 阿伲囝, 阿孥, 孥, 擁噯
	Singapore (Teochew)	anak
	Leizhou	儂
	Haikou	囝, 儂 intimate
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	丫囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	娃娃
Wu	Shanghai	小毛頭, 小小囡, 毛毛頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小小囡
	Suzhou	小毛頭, 毛毛頭, 血泡泡
	Danyang	小毛毛, 毛毛
	Hangzhou	小毛頭兒, 小毛頭, 毛頭兒, 毛毛頭
	Ningbo	奶花, 小毛頭, 毛頭奶花, 孲𤘅, 抱手
	Wenzhou	娒兒, 娒娒兒
	Jinhua	王男
Xiang	Changsha	毛毛, 毛毛它, 毛它
	Loudi	毛毛唧, 毛毛

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Japanese

Kanji

嬰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. young child, newborn child
2. used as western symbol # sharp to mark the accidentals of musical notes
3. necklace
4. put around one's neck

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)
• Kan-on: えい (ei)
• Kun: あかご (akago, 嬰); ふれる (fureru, 嬰れる); めぐらす (megurasu, 嬰らす); めぐる (meguru, 嬰る); かける (kakeru); かかる (kakaru); みどりご (midorigo)

Compounds

Compounds

• 晏嬰(あんえい) (an'ei)
• 嬰羽(えいう) (eiu)
• 嬰音(えいおん) (eion)
• 嬰孩(えいがい) (eigai)
• 嬰記号(えいきごう) (eikigō)
• 嬰商(えいしょう) (eishō)
• 嬰児(えいじ) (eiji)
• 嬰児(みどりご) (midorigo)
• 嬰児殺(えいじさつ) (eijisatsu)
• 嬰幼児(えいようじ) (eiyōji)
• 嬰児籠(えじこ) (ejiko)
• 孩嬰(がいえい) (gaiei)
• 孺嬰(じゅえい) (juei)
• 退嬰(たいえい) (taiei)
• 退嬰的(たいえいてき) (taieiteki)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
嬰
えい Hyōgaiji
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 嬰 (MC 'jieng).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Affix

嬰(えい) • (ei) 

1. newborn baby; infant
2. surround

Noun

嬰(えい) • (ei) 

1. (music) sharp (♯)

   嬰(えい)ヘ ― eie ― F-sharp

Antonyms

• 変(へん) (hen)

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Korean

Hanja

嬰 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune–Reischauer yŏng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嬰 (anh)

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