# 瑩

| 瑩 | U+7469, &#29801; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7469 |
| ← 瑨 [U+7468] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 瑪 → [U+746A] |
| 瑩 | U+F9AE, &#63918; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9AE |
| ← 玲 [U+F9AD] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 羚 → [U+F9AF] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 瑩 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 𭸼 |
| Simplified | 莹 |

### Han character

瑩 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火火月一戈 (FFBMI), four-corner 9910$_3$, composition ⿱𤇾玉)

#### Derived characters

* 瀅(滢) 㼆(𬎆) 𠐓 𡃅 𤑚 𥗏 𨯗 𨽓 𪦯 𬘌

#### Related characters

* 莹 (Simplified Chinese)
* 𭸼 (Japanese extended shinjitai)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 739, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21155
* Dae Jaweon: page 1149, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1132, character 15
* Unihan data for U+7469
* Unihan data for U+F9AE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 鶯 | *qreːŋ |
| 罃 | *qreːŋ |
| 嫈 | *qreːŋ, *qreːŋs, *qʷeŋ |
| 褮 | *qreːŋ, *qʷeŋ, *ɢʷeːŋ |
| 覮 | *pqʰʷeːŋ |
| 謍 | *qʰʷreːŋ, *qʷreːŋ, *ɢʷeŋ |
| 䁝 | *qʷraːŋʔ |
| 嶸 | *ɢʷreːŋ, *ɢʷreŋ |
| 嵤 | *ɢʷreːŋ |
| 榮 | *ɢʷreŋ |
| 瑩 | *ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs |
| 蠑 | *ɢʷreŋ |
| 禜 | *ɢʷreŋ, *ɢʷreŋs |
| 醟 | *ɢʷreŋs, *qʰʷeŋs |
| 檾 | *kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 煢 | *ɡʷeŋ |
| 焭 | *ɡʷeŋ |
| 縈 | *qʷeŋ |
| 營 | *ɢʷeŋ |
| 鎣 | *ɢʷeŋ, *qʷeːŋs |
| 塋 | *ɢʷeŋ |
| 濴 | *ɢʷeŋ |
| 熒 | *ɡʷeːŋ |
| 螢 | *ɡʷeːŋ |
| 滎 | *ɡʷeːŋ |
| 濙 | *qʷeːŋʔ |
| 瀅 | *qʷeːŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs) : abbreviated phonetic 熒 (OC *ɡʷeːŋ) + semantic 玉 (“jade”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yíng (ying$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jing$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): êng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yíng
*** Wade–Giles: ying$^2$
*** Yale: yíng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yng
*** Palladius: ин (in)
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jing$^4$
*** Yale: yìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jing$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ying$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɪŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: êng
*** Tâi-lô: îng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: eeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ¹³/
* Middle Chinese: hjwaeng, 'engH
Rime :
| Character | 瑩 | 瑩 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 庚 (112) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 永兵切 | 烏定切 |
| Baxter | hjwaeng | 'engH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠwiæŋ/ | /ʔeŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷᵚiaŋ/ | /ʔeŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuaŋ/ | /ʔɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwiajŋ/ | /ʔɛjŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuɐŋ/ | /ʔeŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwɐŋ/ | /ieŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯wɐŋ/ | /ʔieŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yóng | yìng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wing$^4$ | jing$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷreŋ/, /*qʷeːŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 瑩 | 瑩 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 15366 | 15391 |
| Phonetic component | 熒 | 熒 |
| Rime group | 耕 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 榮 | 鎣 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷreŋ/ | /*qʷeːŋs/ |

### Definitions

瑩
* lustrous and transparent
* (literary) jade-like stone
* (literary) luster of gems
* (literary) to polish; to adorn

#### Compounds

* 晶瑩／晶莹 (jīngyíng)
* 晶瑩剔透／晶莹剔透
* 澄瑩／澄莹 (chéngyíng)
* 瑩光／莹光
* 瑩嫇／莹嫇
* 瑩潤／莹润
* 瑩澤／莹泽
* 瑩鎧／莹铠
* 瑩鏡／莹镜
* 瑩魄／莹魄
* 白瑩瑩／白莹莹
* 藻瑩／藻莹

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 𭸼 |
| Kyūjitai | 瑩 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* clear

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): えい (ei)
* Kun: あきらか (akiraka)、みがく (migaku)、しぼむ (shibomu)
* Nanori: あきら (akira)

## Korean
### Hanja

瑩 (eum 영 (yeong))
* lustre of gems
* bright, lustrous

## Vietnamese
### Han character

瑩: Hán Nôm readings: oánh, oành
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