頴

See also: 穎, 颖, and 颕

頴 U+9834, 頴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9834 ← 頳 [U+9833] CJK Unified Ideographs 頵 → [U+9835]

Translingual

Traditional	穎
Shinjitai (extended)	頴
Simplified	颖

Han character

頴 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 心火一月金 (PFMBC), composition ⿰𥘈頁)

Derived characters

• 𭌑, 𪷿, 𣟓, 蘏

Related characters

• 穎 (颖) (Orthodox form of 頴)
• 颕 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1405, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24824
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4375, character 15
• Unihan data for U+9834

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 頴 – see 穎 (“ear of grain; tip; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 穎).

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	頴
Kyūjitai	穎

Kanji

頴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 穎)

1. Extended shinjitai form of 穎: heads of grain; cleverness

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: えい (ei)
• Kun: かび (kabi, 頴); さき (saki, 頴); のぎ (nogi, 頴); ほさき (hosaki, 頴)
• Nanori: え (e); かい (kai)

Usage notes

This is one of the 22 widely used extended shinjitai (簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (kan'i kan'yō jitai)).

Compounds

• 頴(えい)異(い)／穎(えい)異(い) (eī)
• 頴(えい)果(か)／穎(えい)果(か) (eika)
• 頴(えい)悟(ご)／穎(えい)悟(ご) (eigo)
• 頴(えい)才(さい)／穎(えい)才(さい) (eisai) (英(えい)才(さい))
• 頴(えい)秀(しゅう)／穎(えい)秀(しゅう) (eishū)
• 頴(えい)銭(せん)／穎(えい)銭(せん) (eisen)
• 頴(えい)脱(だつ)／穎(えい)脱(だつ) (eidatsu)
• 頴(えい)哲(てつ)／穎(えい)哲(てつ) (eitetsu)
• 頴(えい)抜(ばつ)／穎(えい)抜(ばつ) (eibatsu)
• 頴(えい)敏(びん)／穎(えい)敏(びん) (eibin)
• 禾(か)頴(えい)／禾(か)穎(えい) (kaei)
• 聡(そう)頴(えい)／聡(そう)穎(えい) (sōei)

 

Etymology

Kanji in this term
頴
えい Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Alternative spelling
穎 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 穎 (MC ywengX).

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

Pronunciation

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

Affix

頴(えい) • (ei) 

1. tip; sharp point
2. outstanding; talented (interchangeable with 英 (ei))

Noun

頴(えい) • (ei) 

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Vietnamese

Han character

頴: Hán Nôm readings: nhánh, dánh, dính, dĩnh, nhảnh

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References

• Nom Foundation