栄

See also: 榮 and 荣

Translingual

Traditional	榮
Shinjitai	栄
Simplified	荣

Han character

栄 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火月木 (FBD), composition ⿱⺍𣎾)

References

• 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

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Chinese

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

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Japanese

Shinjitai	栄
Kyūjitai	榮

Kanji

栄

(Fourth grade 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)^{←さかゆ (sakayu, 栄ゆ, historical)}; はえ (hae, 栄え, Jōyō); はえる (haeru, 栄える, Jōyō)^{←はゆ (fayu, 栄ゆ, historical)}
• Nanori: さかえ (sakae); しげ (shige); てる (teru); なが (naga); ひで (hide); よし (yoshi); え (e)

Etymology 1

Noun

栄(はえ) • (hae) 

1. Alternative form of 栄え

Proper noun

栄(さかえ) • (Sakae) 

1. a male given name
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
栄
ろん Grade: 4
irregular

Alternative spelling
榮 (kyūjitai)

Borrowed from Mandarin 榮／荣 (róng)

Noun

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

Coordinate terms

• 自摸(ツモ) (tsumo)

Etymology 3

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

Alternative spelling
榮 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 榮 (MC hjwaeng).

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

Noun

1. (literary) honor; glory

Affix

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

栄養(えいよう) (eiyō): nutrition