穎

See also: 頴 and 颖

穎	U+7A4E, 穎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A4E

← 積
[U+7A4D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

穏 →
[U+7A4F]

Translingual

Traditional	穎
Shinjitai (extended)	頴
Simplified	颖

Han character

穎 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 心木一月金 (PDMBC), four-corner 2198₆, composition ⿰⿱匕禾頁)

Derived characters

𭌒, 𢹃, 𤃡, 𣟤, 蘔

Related characters

頴 (Variant form)
颖 (Simplified Chinese)

References

KangXi: page 859, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25267
Dae Jaweon: page 1286, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4376, character 3
Unihan data for U+7A4E

Chinese

trad.		穎
simp.		颖
alternative forms		頴／颖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
顈	ɡeːnʔ, kʰʷeːŋʔ
傾	*kʰʷeŋ
頃	kʰʷeŋ, kʰʷeŋʔ
穎	*ɢʷeŋʔ
潁	*ɢʷeŋʔ
熲	*kʷeːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷeŋʔ) : semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 頃 (OC *kʰʷeŋ, *kʰʷeŋʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐng (ying³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁶
Min Nan (POJ): éng / íⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐng
  - Wade–Giles: ying³
  - Yale: yǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiing
  - Palladius: ин (in)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wing⁶
  - Yale: wihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wing⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng
  - Tâi-lô: íng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: eang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: íⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ínn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: vie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ĩ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ĩ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /jwiᴇŋ^X/

Rime
Character	穎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	清 (122)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘頃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jwiᴇŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiɛŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/iuæŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwiajŋ^X/
Li Rong	/iuɛŋ^X/
Wang Li	/jĭwɛŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wɛŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wing⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷeŋʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷeŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	穎
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǐng
Middle Chinese	‹ yweng^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷeŋʔ/
English	point of an ear of grain
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	穎
Reading #	1/1
No.	10509
Phonetic component	頃
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	潁
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷeŋʔ/

Definitions

穎

ear of grain
tip
clever; gifted
Synonym: 聰／聪 (cōng)

Compounds

囊中穎／囊中颖
新穎／新颖 (xīnyǐng)
暴穎／暴颖 (pok-íⁿ) (Min Nan)
毛穎／毛颖
穎悟／颖悟 (yǐngwù)
穎悟絕人／颖悟绝人
穎悟絕倫／颖悟绝伦
穎慧／颖慧

穎敏／颖敏
穎果／颖果 (yǐngguǒ)
穎異／颖异 (yǐngyì)
穎秀／颖秀
穎脫／颖脱
穎脫而出／颖脱而出 (yǐngtuō'érchū)
穎花／颖花

管城毛穎／管城毛颖
聰穎／聪颖 (cōngyǐng)
脫穎／脱颖
脫穎囊錐／脱颖囊锥
脫穎而出／脱颖而出 (tuōyǐng'érchū)
重穎／重颖
鋒穎／锋颖

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	頴
Kyūjitai	穎

Kanji

穎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 頴)

heads of grain
cleverness

Readings

Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
Kan-on: えい (ei)
Kun: かび (kabi, 穎); さき (saki, 穎); のぎ (nogi, 穎); ほさき (hosaki, 穎)
Nanori: え (e); かい (kai)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 穎 – see the following entry.

【頴えい】H

[affix] tip; sharp point

[affix] outstanding; talented (interchangeable with 英 (ei))

[noun] This term needs a translation to English.

(This term, 穎, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

穎 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune–Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

穎: Hán Nôm readings: dĩnh, dánh, dính, nhảnh, giảnh

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