嬴

嬴 U+5B34, 嬴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B34 ← 嬳 [U+5B33] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬵 → [U+5B35]

Translingual

Etymology

Historical forms of the character 嬴
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 (贏) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
嬴	*leŋ
瀛	*leŋ
籝	*leŋ
贏	*leŋ
攍	*leŋ

Han character

嬴 (radical 38, 女+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜弓女 (YNV), four-corner 0021₇, composition ⿵𣎆女)

1. to have a surplus
2. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 272, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6776
• Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2113, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5B34

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Chinese

trad.		嬴
simp. #		嬴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíng (ying²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ying²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yng
    • IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴
    • Yale: yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇŋ/▼

Rime
Character	嬴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以成切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/iæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiajŋ/
Li Rong	/iɛŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yíng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*leŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬴
Reading #	1/1
No.	15393
Phonetic component	贏
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	盈
Old Chinese	/*leŋ/
Notes	朱駿聲贏聲

Definitions

嬴

1. (archaic, Classical Chinese) A surname​.

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Japanese

Kanji

嬴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to win
2. to have a surplus

Readings

• On (unclassified): えい (ei)

Usage notes

This character does not seem to be used in modern Japanese.

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. to be full of

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Vietnamese

Han character

嬴 (doanh)

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