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

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from 榮 (炏 → ⺍).

Han character

栄 (radical 75 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火月木 (FBD), composition ⿱⺍𣎾(GHTJK) or ⿳⺌冖朩(T))

1. glory, honor
2. flourish, prosper

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 521, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14687
• Hanyu Da Zidian: 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. (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

• Goon: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan’on: えい (ei, Jōyō)
• Kun: さかえる (sakaeru, 栄える, Jōyō)^{←さかゆ (sakayu, historical)}; はえ (hae, 栄え, Jōyō); はえる (haeru, 栄える, Jōyō)^{←はゆ (fayu, historical)}
• Nanori: さかえ (sakae); しげ (shige); てる (teru); なが (naga); ひで (hide); よし (yoshi)

Etymology 1

Noun

栄 (hiragana はえ, rōmaji hae)

1. Alternative form of 栄え

Proper noun

栄 (hiragana さかえ, rōmaji Sakae)

1. A male given name

Compounds

• 栄 (えい)養 (よう) (eiyō): nutrition

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
栄
ろん Grade: 4
Irregular

Borrowing from Mandarin 榮 (róng)

Alternate spellings

• 栄和 (ロンホー)
• 栄和了 (ロンあがり)

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • IPA^(key): [ɾõ̞ɴ]

Noun

栄 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 榮, katakana ロン, rōmaji ron)

1. (mahjong) Abbreviation of 栄和 (a win by picking up a discarded tile).
2. (mahjong) a call for such a win

Coordinate terms

• 自 (ツ)摸 (モ) (tsumo)