嬴
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Translingual
Han character
嬴 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜弓女 (YNV), four-corner 00217, composition ⿵𣎆女)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6776
- Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2113, character 9
- Unihan data for U+5B34
Chinese
| trad. | 嬴 | |
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| simp. # | 嬴 | |
| alternative forms | 𡣍 𡢔 㜲 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 嬴 | ||
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| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yíng
- Wade–Giles: ying2
- Yale: yíng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yng
- Palladius: ин (in)
- Sinological IPA (key): /iŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jing4
- Yale: yìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jing4
- Guangdong Romanization: ying4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: yeng
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*leŋ/
Definitions
嬴
- (obsolete) to have a surplus; to be full
- (obsolete) to bear; to take responsibility
- a surname (no longer common since Han dynasty)
- 嬴政 ― Yíng Zhèng ― Ying Zheng (real name of Qin Shi Huang)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
嬴
Readings
Usage notes
This character does not seem to be used in modern Japanese.[1][2][3][4]
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
嬴 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune–Reischauer yŏng)
- to be full of
Vietnamese
Han character
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