莹

See also: 瑩

莹 U+83B9, 莹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83B9 ← 莸 [U+83B8] CJK Unified Ideographs 莺 → [U+83BA]

Translingual

Traditional	瑩
Shinjitai (extended)	𭸼
Simplified	莹

Han character

莹 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 廿月一戈 (TBMI), four-corner 4410₃, composition ⿱𫇦玉)

Derived characters

• 滢 𬎆 𮢽

Related characters

• 瑩 (Traditional form of 莹)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1036, character 40
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3225, character 9
• Unihan data for U+83B9

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 瑩 (𤇾 → 𫇦) based on section 3 of the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme 《漢字簡化方案》, where 𤇾 / 𫇦 (yíng) is listed as one of the 54 radical components to be simplified.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 莹 – see 瑩 (“lustrous and transparent; jade-like stone; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 瑩).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02598-003

Vietnamese

Han character

莹: Hán Việt readings: oánh

1. Variant of 瑩, see there for more details.
   • 1905, 三字經六八演音 [Tam tự kinh lục bát diễn âm]‎^[1], pages 11a-11b:

     莹𨖲糁𢆫𫜵詩
     泌𨖲𬙞𢆫賦棋㐌𫨩

     Oánh lên tám tuổi làm thơ,
     Bí lên bảy tuổi phú cờ đã hay.

     [Zu] Ying, having reached the age of eight, could compose poetry.
     [Li] Bi, at seven years old, was able to make poetic essays on weiqi.