莹

See also: 瑩

莹 U+83B9, 莹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83B9 ← 莸 [U+83B8] CJK Unified Ideographs 莺 → [U+83BA]

Translingual

Traditional	瑩
Shinjitai (extended)	𭸼
Simplified	莹

Han character

莹 (radical 140, 艸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿月一戈 (TBMI), four-corner 4410₃, composition ⿱𫇦玉)

Derived characters

• 滢, 𬎆, 𮢽

Related characters

• 瑩 (Traditional form of 莹)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1036, character 40
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3225, character 9
• Unihan data for U+83B9

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 瑩 (𤇾 → 𫇦) based on section 3 of the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme 《漢字簡化方案》, where 𤇾 is listed as one of the 54 radical components to be simplified.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 莹 – see 瑩 (“lustrous and transparent; jade-like stone; etc.”). (This character, 莹, is the simplified form of 瑩.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02598-003