贏

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See also: 赢
贏 U+8D0F, 贏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D0F
← 贎
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 贐 →

Translingual

Han character

贏 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜弓月山金 (YNBUC) or 卜口月月弓 (YRBBN), four-corner 00217, composition ⿵𣎆貝)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1212, character 33
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36950
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1679, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2125, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8D0F

Chinese

trad. 贏
simp. 赢
2nd round simp. ⿱夃𠀃
alternative forms 𦢼
⿱夃𠀃 2nd round simp. (1977)
⿱亡⿵𠘨贝 2nd round simp. (1981)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 贏
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (贏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嬴 *leŋ
瀛 *leŋ
籝 *leŋ
贏 *leŋ
攍 *leŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *leŋ) : phonetic 𣎆 () + semantic 貝 (“cowry; money”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • jeng4 - vernacular;
  • jing4 - literary.
Note:
  • yiang3 - vernacular;
  • yen3 - literary.
Note:
  • iàng - vernacular;
  • ìng - literary.
Note:
  • iâⁿ - vernacular;
  • êng - literary.
Note:
  • ia5 - vernacular;
  • ying5 - literary.
Rime
Character 贏
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以成切
Baxter yeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/iæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jiajŋ/
Li
Rong 		/iɛŋ/
Wang
Li 		/jĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yíng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jing4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 贏
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yíng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yeng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*eŋ/
English profit; surplus

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 贏
Reading # 1/1
No. 15396
Phonetic
component 		贏
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		盈
Old
Chinese 		/*leŋ/
Notes 贏利與蠃（蛞蝓）伸展其身同稱贏

Definitions

贏

  1. to win; to triumph; to be victorious
  2. to beat; to defeat (someone); to triumph over
  3. to make a profit
  4. (Gan, Xiang) Used with 不 or 得 to express capability.
    Synonym: 來／来 (lái)

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "to win"): 輸／输 (shū)

See also

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

贏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to contented
  2. to win; to triumph
  3. to gain (profit)
  4. remainder

Readings

Korean

Hanja

贏 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, McCune–Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

贏: Hán Nôm readings: doanh

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References

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