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U+6804, 栄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6804

[U+6803]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6805]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 75, +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火月木 (FBD), composition 𰃮 or 𭕄𣎾)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 521, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14687
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1188, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6804

Chinese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“glory; honour; to flourish; to prosper; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji[edit]

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
えい
Grade: 4
kan’on
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC hjwaeng).

Pronunciation[edit]

Affix[edit]

(えい) (ei

  1. honour; glory
  2. flourishing; prosperous
  3. (of vegetation) lush; luxuriant
Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

(えい) (ei

  1. (literary) honour, glory
    Synonym: 誉れ (homare)

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
は(え)
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry: 栄え

(The following entry is uncreated: 栄え.)

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
さか(え)
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative from) of verb 栄える (sakaeru, to thrive).

Proper noun[edit]

(さかえ) (Sakae

  1. a male given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 4[edit]

Kanji in this term
ろん
Grade: 4
irregular
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Invented for Japanese mahjong by Rin Mokō 林茂光 from such a call from some regions of China, after he found that the usual call in Mandarin () was problematic for Japanese speakers. He adopted the character as ateji, but later discovered that the original character for this sound was (lǒng). Nevertheless, the character remained and was accepted as standard.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ロン) (ron

  1. (mahjong) Short for 栄和 (ronhō): a win by picking up an opponent's discarded tile
  2. (mahjong) a call for such a win

Coordinate terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN