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U+82F1, 英
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82F1

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Stroke order
8 strokes

Han character

(Kangxi radical 140, +5, 9 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 8 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese, cangjie input 廿中月大 (TLBK), four-corner 44530, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1024, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30808
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1484, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3192, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+82F1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qraŋ) : semantic (grass) + phonetic (OC *qaŋ).

Etymology 1

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms ancient

Uncertain. There are several possibilities:

Pronunciation


Note:
  • iaⁿ - vernacular;
  • eng - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /iŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /iŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /iŋ²¹/
Jinan /iŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /iŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /iŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /iŋ²¹/
Xining /iə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /iŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ĩn³¹/
Ürümqi /iŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /in⁵⁵/
Chengdu /in⁵⁵/
Guiyang /in⁵⁵/
Kunming /ĩ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /in³¹/
Hefei /in²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /iəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /iŋ¹³/
Hohhot /ĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /iŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /in⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔin³³/
Wenzhou /j̠aŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /iʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /iɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /in³³/
Xiangtan /in³³/
Gan Nanchang /in⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /in⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /in²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jeŋ⁵³/
Nanning /jeŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /jiŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /iŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /iŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /eiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /eŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /eŋ²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/ʔiɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/ĭɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jing1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yīng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjæng ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔ<r>aŋ/
English young grass plants

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 14510
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qraŋ/

Definitions

  1. (literary) flower; blossom
  2. (of a person) outstanding
      ―  yīngcái  ―  person of outstanding ability
    姿  ―  yīng  ―  heroic bearing
  3. fine; excellent
      ―  yīngmíng  ―  illustrious name
  4. (literary) finest part; quintessence
    咀華咀华  ―  hányīngjǔhuá  ―  to savour the merits of a literary work
  5. hero; outstanding person
      ―  qúnyīng  ―  ensemble of talents
  6. (obsolete) panache on a lance
  7. a surname
      ―  Yīng  ―  Ying Bu (warlord and vassal king who lived in the early Han dynasty)

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms 𠸄

Short form of 英吉利 (Yīngjílì, England) or 英格蘭英格兰 (Yīnggélán, England).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (short form) Britain
      ―  yīngjūn  ―  British Armed Forces
  2. (short form) English language
    [Cantonese]  ―  zung1 jing1 sou3   ―  Chinese, English and mathematics
  3. (in compounds) imperial (relating to the British imperial system of measurement)
      ―  yīngcùn  ―  inch

Compounds

Etymology 3

trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. Used in transcription.

Compounds

Etymology 4

trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of (eng, (of dust, sand, etc.) to rise and permeate; to fill the air or get onto something)

Japanese

Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. English
  2. flower, petal
  3. hero

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
えい
Grade: 4
kan'on

From Middle Chinese (MC 'jaeng).

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(えい) (Ei

  1. Short for 英吉利 (Igirisu, United Kingdom).

Affix

(えい) (ei

  1. Short for 英吉利 (Igirisu, United Kingdom).
  2. Short for 英語 (eigo, English (language)).
  3. outstanding; outstanding person
  4. flower; calyx

Derived terms

References

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

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC 'jaeng).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅙᅧᇰ (Yale: qyèng)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 곳부리 (Yale: kwòspwùlì) 여ᇰ (Yale: yèng)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 꽃부리 (kkotburi yeong))

  1. hanja form? of (the UK, Great Britain (in compounds, in news media))
  2. hanja form? of (petal)

Compounds

Proper noun

Hanja in this term

(Yeong) (hangeul )

  1. (in headlines) Short for ()() (Yeongguk, the United Kingdom).

Usage notes

In news headlines, this is often written in the hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any hanja.

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: anh
: Nôm readings: anh, yêng

Noun

(anh)

  1. Nôm form of anh (older brother).

References