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嬰
嬰
See also: 婴
Translingual
Han character
嬰 (radical 38 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月金女 (BCV), four-corner 66404, composition ⿱賏女)
References
- KangXi: page 273, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6828
- Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1086, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5B30
Chinese
| trad. | 嬰 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 婴 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (賏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 瀴 | *qreːŋs, *mqeːŋʔ, *qeːŋʔ |
| 甖 | *qreːŋ |
| 鸚 | *qreːŋ |
| 櫻 | *qreːŋ |
| 嚶 | *qreːŋ |
| 罌 | *qreːŋ |
| 鸎 | *qreːŋ |
| 譻 | *qreːŋ |
| 賏 | *qreŋs, *qeŋ |
| 嬰 | *qeŋ |
| 瓔 | *qeŋ |
| 纓 | *qeŋ |
| 攖 | *qeŋ |
| 蘡 | *qeŋ |
| 癭 | *qeŋʔ |
| 廮 | *qeŋʔ |
| 巊 | *qeːŋʔ |
Pronunciation
- 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)+
- 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, Taipei, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iⁿ
- Tâi-lô: inn
- Phofsit Daibuun: vy
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ĩ³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ĩ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eⁿ
- Tâi-lô: enn
- Phofsit Daibuun: vef
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ẽ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ẽ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɛ̃⁴⁴/
- Note: eng - literary; iⁿ/eⁿ/eeⁿ - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 嬰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於盈切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔiᴇŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔiɛŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔiæŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔiajŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔiɛŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭɛŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔi̯ɛŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yīng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 嬰 | 嬰 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yīng | yīng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ʔjieng › | ‹ ʔjieng › |
| Old Chinese |
/*ʔeŋ/ | /*ʔeŋ/ |
| English | surround; necklace | baby |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 嬰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15336 |
| Phonetic component |
賏 |
| Rime group |
耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
嬰 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qeŋ/ |
Noun
嬰
Japanese
Kanji
嬰
- young child, newborn child
- used as western symbol # sharp to mark the accidentals of musical notes
- necklace
- put around one's neck
Readings
- Goon: よう (yō)
- Kan’on: えい (ei)
- Kun: ふれる (fureru), めぐらす (megurasu), めぐる (meguru), かける (kakeru), かかる (kakaru), みどりご (midorigo)
Compounds
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
嬰 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune-Reischauer yŏng)
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Vietnamese
Han character
嬰 (anh)
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