熒
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Translingual
Han character
熒 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火火月火 (FFBF) or 難火火月火 (XFFBF), four-corner 99809, composition ⿱𤇾火)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 679, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19304
- Dae Jaweon: page 1091, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2225, character 2
- Unihan data for U+7192
Chinese
| trad. | 熒 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 荧 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 熒 | |
|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 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 |
Pictogram (象形) – The protoform is 𤇾. 𤇾 is a pictogram of two intersecting torches, meaning the fire light. In Qin and Han, the crossing of the torches "乂" became "冂", and "𤇾" is no longer used as independent character as a third "火" (fire) was added into "𤇾". Thus, "熒" was formed.
Etymology
熒 (OC wêŋ) belongs to a word-family whose stem is *weŋ "bright, dazzle", which converges with 瞬 (OC *win) "to move the eyes" (Schuessler, 2007). Other items in the same word-family are:
- 眩 (OC wîn(s)?, “troubled sight, deluded, deceive”),
- 炫 (OC wîns, “bright, dazzle, show off”),
- 瑩 (OC wreŋ, “bright, color of jade > kind of gem”)
- 熲 (OC kwêŋʔ, “light, flame, blaze”), which is 熒 (OC wêŋ) with *k- nominalizer.
- 榮 (OC wreŋ, “flower > flowering, prosperity > glory”), which is the same word as 熒 (OC wêŋ).
This word-family could be Proto-Sino-Tibetan and related to Mizo ven & veng (“to be open; to be unobstructed by trees, clouds, etc; to be clear; to be free of clouds; to be bright (as weather)”) (ibid.).
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)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: hweng
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*-qʷˤeŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːŋ/
Definitions
熒
- luminous; fluorescent
- to shine; to shimmer; to dazzle
Compounds
Further reading
- “熒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
- Alternative form of 螢 (luminous, fluorescent)
Readings
- Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)←ぎやう (gyau, historical)
- Kan-on: けい (kei)←けい (kei, historical)←くゑい (kwei, ancient)
- Kun: ほたる (hotaru, 熒)
Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
Hanja
熒 • (hyeong) (hangeul 형, revised hyeong, McCune–Reischauer hyŏng, Yale hyeng)
Vietnamese
Han character
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