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英
英
Translingual
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Han character
英 (radical 140 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿中月大 (TLBK), four-corner 44530, composition ⿱艹央)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 1024, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30808
- Dae Jaweon: page 1484, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3192, character 1
- Unihan data for U+82F1
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
英 |
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (央) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
鴦 | *qaːŋ, *qaŋ |
佒 | *qaːŋ |
咉 | *qaːŋ, *qaːŋʔ |
眏 | *qaːŋ |
姎 | *qaːŋ, *qaːŋʔ |
坱 | *qaːŋʔ |
映 | *qaːŋʔ, *qraŋs |
泱 | *qaːŋʔ, *qaŋ |
盎 | *qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs |
駚 | *qaːŋʔ, *qaŋʔ |
軮 | *qaːŋʔ |
醠 | *qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs |
央 | *qaŋ |
秧 | *qaŋ, *qaŋʔ |
殃 | *qaŋ |
鞅 | *qaŋ, *qaŋʔ, *qaŋs |
鉠 | *qaŋ, *qraŋ |
雵 | *qaŋ |
胦 | *qaŋ, *qroːŋ |
柍 | *qaŋʔ |
詇 | *qaŋʔ, *qaŋs, *qraŋs |
岟 | *qaŋʔ |
炴 | *qaŋʔ |
怏 | *qaŋʔ, *qaŋs |
紻 | *qaŋʔ |
英 | *qraŋ |
瑛 | *qraŋ |
霙 | *qraŋ |
韺 | *qraŋ |
媖 | *qraŋ |
渶 | *qraŋ |
鶧 | *qraŋ |
楧 | *qraŋ |
暎 | *qraŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qraŋ) : semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 央 (OC *qaŋ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jing1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yîn
- Min Dong (BUC): ĭng
- Min Nan (POJ): eng / iaⁿ
- Wu (Wiktionary): in (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ
- Wade-Giles: ying1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ing
- IPA (key): /iŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jing1
- Yale: yīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jing1
- IPA (key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn
- Hakka Romanization System: in´
- Hagfa Pinyim: yin1
- IPA: /in²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)in´
- Hagfa Pinyim: yin1
- IPA: /(j)in²⁴/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭng
- IPA (key): /iŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng
- Tâi-lô: ing
- Phofsit Daibuun: efng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iaⁿ
- Tâi-lô: iann
- Phofsit Daibuun: viaf
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iã³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iã⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iã⁴⁴/
- Note: eng - literary; iaⁿ - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: in (T1)
- IPA (key): /ɪɲ⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
Variety | Location | 英 |
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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 (Min Nan) | /iŋ⁵⁵/ |
Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /iŋ⁴⁴/ | |
Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /eiŋ⁵⁴/ | |
Shantou (Min Nan) | /eŋ³³/ | |
Haikou (Min Nan) | /eŋ²³/ |
Rime | |
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Character | 英 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
Final (韻) | 庚 (111) |
Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | III |
Fanqie | 於驚切 |
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 |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 英 |
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; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 英 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 14510 |
Phonetic component |
央 |
Rime group |
陽 |
Rime subdivision |
0 |
Corresponding MC rime |
霙 |
Old Chinese |
/*qraŋ/ |
Definitions
英
- flower, petal
- outstanding
- fine, excellent
- brave
- hero
- Short for 英國/英国 (Yīngguó, “Britain”).
- A surname.
Compounds
Derived terms from 英
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Japanese
Kanji
英
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
Kanji in this term |
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英 |
えい Grade: 4 |
on'yomi |
Pronunciation
Noun
References
Korean
Hanja
英 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, McCune-Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)
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Vietnamese
Han character
英 (anh, yêng)
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