頴

See also: 穎, 颖, and 颕
頴 U+9834, 頴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9834
← 頳
[U+9833]
CJK Unified Ideographs 頵 →
[U+9835]

Translingual

Traditional 穎
Shinjitai
(extended)
頴
Simplified 颖

Han character

頴 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 心火一月金 (PFMBC), composition ⿰𥘈頁)

Derived characters

  • 𭌑, 𪷿, 𣟓, 蘏

References

Chinese

trad. 頴
simp. 颕
For pronunciation and definitions of 頴 – see 穎 (“ear of grain; tip; etc.”).
(This character, 頴, is a variant form of 穎.)

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

頴

Kyūjitai

穎

Kanji

頴

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

  1. Extended shinjitai form of 穎: heads of grain; cleverness

Readings

Usage notes

This is one of the 22 widely used extended shinjitai (簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (kan'i kan'yō jitai)).

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
頴
えい
Hyōgaiji
kan’on
Alternative spelling
穎 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 穎 (MC jwiᴇŋX).

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

Pronunciation

Affix

頴(えい) • (ei) 

  1. tip; sharp point
  2. outstanding; talented (interchangeable with 英 (ei))

Noun

頴(えい) • (ei) 

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References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Han character

頴: Hán Nôm readings: nhánh, dánh, dính, dĩnh, nhảnh

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References

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