嬴

嬴 U+5B34, 嬴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B34 ← 嬳 [U+5B33] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬵 → [U+5B35]

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

• 㜲, 攍, 瀛, 𣟅, 䑉, 䃷, 𨯤, 𩇤, 䕦, 籝

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
simp. #		嬴
alternative forms		𡣍 𡢔 㜲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嬴
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (贏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
嬴	*leŋ
瀛	*leŋ
籝	*leŋ
贏	*leŋ
攍	*leŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíng (ying²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíng
    • Wade–Giles: ying²
    • Yale: yíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yng
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴
    • Yale: yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yeng

Rime
Character	嬴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以成切
Baxter	yeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/iæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiajŋ/
Li Rong	/iɛŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*leŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬴
Reading #	1/1
No.	15393
Phonetic component	贏
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	盈
Old Chinese	/*leŋ/
Notes	朱駿聲贏聲

Definitions

嬴

1. (obsolete) to have a surplus; to be full
2. (obsolete) to bear; to take responsibility
3. a surname (no longer common since Han dynasty)

   嬴政  ―  Yíng Zhèng  ―  Ying Zheng (real name of Qin Shi Huang)

Compounds

• 不嬴
• 嬴利
• 嬴土
• 嬴糧／嬴粮
• 嬴絀／嬴绌
• 嬴餘／嬴余

 

Japanese

Kanji

嬴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to win
2. to have a surplus

Readings

• On (unclassified): えい (ei)

Usage notes

This character does not seem to be used in modern Japanese.

Korean

Hanja

嬴 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune–Reischauer yŏng)

1. to be full of

Vietnamese

Han character

嬴: Hán Nôm readings: doanh

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