栄

See also: 榮 and 荣

栄 U+6804, 栄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6804 ← 栃 [U+6803] CJK Unified Ideographs 栅 → [U+6805]

Translingual

Traditional	榮
Shinjitai	栄
Simplified	荣

Han character

栄 (radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火月木 (FBD), composition ⿱𰃮木 or ⿱𭕄𣎾)

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

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

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Japanese

Shinjitai	栄
Kyūjitai	榮

Kanji

栄

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 榮)

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: えい (ei, Jōyō)
• Kun: さかえる (sakaeru, 栄える, Jōyō); はえ (hae, 栄え, Jōyō)^{←はえ (fae, historical)←は𛀁 (faye, ancient)}; はえる (haeru, 栄える, Jōyō)
• Nanori: さか (saka); さかえ (sakae); しげ (shige); しげる (shigeru); たか (taka); てる (teru); とも (tomo); なが (naga); はる (haru); ひさ (hisa); ひさし (hisashi); ひで (hide); ひろ (hiro); まさ (masa); よし (yoshi)

Compounds

• 弥(いや)栄(さか) (iyasaka), 弥栄(やさか) (yasaka)
• 栄螺(サザエ) (sazae)
• 見栄(みえ) (mie)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
栄
えい Grade: 4
kan’on

Alternative spelling
榮 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 榮 (MC ɦˠwiæŋ).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) え​ー [éꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ː]

Affix

栄(えい) • (ei)  (kyūjitai 榮)

1. honor; glory
2. flourishing; prosperous
3. (of vegetation) lush; luxuriant

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 栄(えい)華(が) (eiga)
• 栄(えい)枯(こ) (eiko)
• 栄(えい)光(こう) (eikō)
• 栄(えい)誉(よ) (eiyo)
• 栄(えい)養(よう) (eiyō), 栄養(えよう) (eyō)
• 虚(きょ)栄(えい) (kyoei)
• 共(きょう)栄(えい) (kyōei)
• 光(こう)栄(えい) (kōei)
• 清(せい)栄(えい) (seiei)
• 盛(せい)栄(えい) (seiei)
• 繁(はん)栄(えい) (han'ei)

Noun

栄(えい) • (ei)  (kyūjitai 榮)

1. (literary) honor, glory

   Synonym: 誉れ (homare)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
栄
は(え) Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
榮 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 栄 – see 栄え. (This term, 栄, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 栄え.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
栄
さか(え) Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
榮 (kyūjitai)

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

Proper noun

栄(さかえ) • (Sakae) 

1. a male given name
2. a surname

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
栄
ろん Grade: 4
Irregular

Alternative spelling
榮 (kyūjitai)

From Mandarin 榮 (róng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾõ̞ɴ]

Noun

栄(ロン) • (ron)  (kyūjitai 榮)

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

• 自摸(ツモ) (tsumo)