営

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See also: 營 and 营
営 U+55B6, 営
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55B6
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Translingual

Traditional 營
Shinjitai 営
Simplified 营

Han character

営 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火月口竹口 (FBRHR) or 火月口口 (FBRR), composition ⿱𰃮吕(GH) or ⿱龸呂(T) or ⿱𰃮呂(JK))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 201, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4025
  • Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 661, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+55B6

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 営 – see 營 (“encampment; barracks; battalion; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 營).

Japanese

Shinjitai

営

Kyūjitai

營

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai. Simplified from 營 (炏 → 𭕄).

Kanji

営

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 營)

  1. manage

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
営
えい
Grade: 5
kan'on
Alternative spelling
營 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 營 (MC yweng).

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

Pronunciation

Affix

営(えい) • (ei) 

  1. build; construct
  2. run; operate; manage
  3. (military) camp

Derived terms

Derived terms

Noun

営(えい) • (ei) 

  1. (military) camp

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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