瑩

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See also: 莹
瑩 U+7469, 瑩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7469
← 瑨
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 瑪 →
瑩 U+F9AE, 瑩
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9AE
← 玲
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 羚 →

Translingual

Traditional 瑩
Shinjitai
(extended) 		𭸼
Simplified 莹

Han character

瑩 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火火月一戈 (FFBMI), four-corner 99103, composition ⿱𤇾玉)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 739, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21155
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1149, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1132, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+7469

Chinese

trad. 瑩
simp. 莹

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs) : abbreviated phonetic 熒 (OC *ɡʷeːŋ) + semantic 玉 (“jade”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 瑩 瑩
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 云 (35) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 庚 (112) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III IV
Fanqie 永兵切 烏定切
Baxter hjwaeng 'engH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦˠwiæŋ/ /ʔeŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷᵚiaŋ/ /ʔeŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣiuaŋ/ /ʔɛŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦwiajŋ/ /ʔɛjŋH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣiuɐŋ/ /ʔeŋH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭwɐŋ/ /ieŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯wɐŋ/ /ʔieŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yóng yìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wing4 jing3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 瑩 瑩
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15366 15391
Phonetic
component 		熒 熒
Rime
group 		耕 耕
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		榮 鎣
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢʷreŋ/ /*qʷeːŋs/

Definitions

瑩

  1. lustrous and transparent
  2. (literary) jade-like stone
  3. (literary) luster of gems
  4. (literary) to polish; to adorn

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

𭸼

Kyūjitai

瑩

Kanji

瑩

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. clear

Readings

  • On (unclassified): えい (ei)
  • Kun: あきらか (akiraka)、みがく (migaku)、しぼむ (shibomu)
  • Nanori: あきら (akira)

Korean

Hanja

瑩 (eum 영 (yeong))

  1. lustre of gems
  2. bright, lustrous

Vietnamese

Han character

瑩: Hán Nôm readings: oánh, oành

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