熒

See also: 荧

Translingual

Han character

熒 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火火月火 (FFBF) or 難火火月火 (XFFBF), four-corner 9980₉, composition ⿱𤇾火)

Derived characters

• 濙, 藀, 𡂋, 𧓌, 𧭓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 679, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19304
• Dae Jaweon: page 1091, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2225, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7192

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Chinese

trad.		熒
simp.		荧

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 熒
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (熒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鶯	*qreːŋ
罃	*qreːŋ
嫈	*qreːŋ, *qreːŋs, *qʷeŋ
褮	*qreːŋ, *qʷeŋ, *ɢʷeːŋ
覮	*pqʰʷeːŋ
謍	*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʷreːŋ, *ɢʷeŋ
䁝	*qʷraːŋʔ
嶸	*ɢʷreːŋ, *ɢʷreŋ
嵤	*ɢʷreːŋ
榮	*ɢʷreŋ
瑩	*ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs
蠑	*ɢʷreŋ
禜	*ɢʷreŋ, *ɢʷreŋs
醟	*ɢʷreŋs, *qʰʷeŋs
檾	*kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
煢	*ɡʷeŋ
焭	*ɡʷeŋ
縈	*qʷeŋ
營	*ɢʷeŋ
鎣	*ɢʷeŋ, *qʷeːŋs
塋	*ɢʷeŋ
濴	*ɢʷeŋ
熒	*ɡʷeːŋ
螢	*ɡʷeːŋ
滎	*ɡʷeːŋ
濙	*qʷeːŋʔ
瀅	*qʷeːŋs

Pictogram (象形) – The protoform is 𤇾. 𤇾 is the pictogram two Intersecting torches, meaning the fire light. In Qin and Han, the crossing of torch "乂" became "冂", and "𤇾" is no longer used as independent character as third "火" (fire) was added into "𤇾". Thus, "熒" was formed.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíng (ying²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): êng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíng
    • Wade–Giles: ying²
    • Yale: yíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yng
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing⁴
    • Yale: yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: êng
    • Tâi-lô: îng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: eeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hweng

Rime
Character	熒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	青 (126)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	戸扃切
Baxter	hweng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦweŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷeŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣueŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣiweŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiweŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xióng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wing4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[N]-qʷˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	熒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yíng
Middle Chinese	‹ hweng ›
Old Chinese	/*[N]-qʷˁeŋ/
English	dazzle
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	熒
Reading #	1/1
No.	15386
Phonetic component	熒
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	熒
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeːŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 熒

1. luminous; fluorescent
2. to shine; to shimmer; to dazzle

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Japanese

Kanji

熒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 螢 (luminous, fluorescent)

Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)
• Kan-on: けい (kei)
• Kan’yō-on: えい (ei)
• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: ひかり (hikari)

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Korean

Hanja

熒 • (hyeong) (hangeul 형, revised hyeong, McCune–Reischauer hyŏng, Yale hyeng)

1. lamplight
2. the glow of a firefly
3. shine

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 熒 (huỳnh)

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