# 詠

| 詠 | U+8A60, &#35424; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A60 |
| ← 詟 [U+8A5F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 詡 → [U+8A61] |

## Translingual
### Han character

詠 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口戈弓水 (YRINE), four-corner 0363$_2$, composition ⿰訁永)

#### Derived characters

* 𦻑

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1156, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35409
* Dae Jaweon: page 1621, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3957, character 8
* Unihan data for U+8A60

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 永 | *ɢʷraŋʔ |
| 栐 | *ɢʷraŋʔ |
| 泳 | *ɢʷraŋs |
| 詠 | *ɢʷraŋs |
| 咏 | *ɢʷraŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷraŋs) : semantic 言 + phonetic 永 (OC *ɢʷraŋʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǒng (yong$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wing$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ven$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yún
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): éng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iong$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǒng
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǒng
*** Wade–Giles: yung$^3$
*** Yale: yǔng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong
*** Palladius: юн (jun)
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wing$^6$
*** Yale: wihng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wing$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wing$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɪŋ²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ven$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ven³²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún
*** Hakka Romanization System: iun$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯un³¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng
*** Tâi-lô: íng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: eang
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iong$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iòng
*** Sinological IPA : /ioŋ²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: hjwaengH
Rime :
| Character | 詠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 庚 (112) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 爲命切 |
| Baxter | hjwaengH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠwiæŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷᵚiaŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuaŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwiajŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯wɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yòng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wing$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷraŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷraŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 詠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǒng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hjwaeng$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷraŋ-s/ |
| English | chant (v.) |
| 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 | 詠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15426 |
| Phonetic component | 永 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 詠 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷraŋs/ |

### Definitions

詠
* to sing; to hum; to chant
* to describe in poetic language
    詠女蘿／咏女萝 ― Yǒng Nǚluó ― On the Dodder

#### Compounds

* 一觴一詠／一觞一咏
* 一詠一觴／一咏一觞
* 南樓詠謔／南楼咏谑
* 吟詠／吟咏 (yínyǒng)
* 吟詠性情／吟咏性情
* 吟詠情性／吟咏情性
* 吟風詠月／吟风咏月
* 嘯詠／啸咏
* 嘲風詠月／嘲风咏月
* 歌詠／歌咏 (gēyǒng)
* 玉臺新詠／玉台新咏
* 班姬詠扇／班姬咏扇
* 禮成詠／礼成咏 (lǐchéngyǒng)
* 聖詠／圣咏
* 行吟坐詠／行吟坐咏
* 觴詠／觞咏
* 詠史詩／咏史诗
* 詠嘆／咏叹 (yǒngtàn)
* 詠嘆調／咏叹调 (yǒngtàndiào)
* 詠懷／咏怀
* 詠懷古蹟／咏怀古迹
* 詠歎／咏叹 (yǒngtàn)
* 詠物詩／咏物诗
* 詠絮／咏絮
* 詠贊／咏赞
* 詠雪之慧／咏雪之慧
* 詠雪之才／咏雪之才
* 誦詠／诵咏
* 題詠／题咏

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* recitation
* poem
* song
* composing

#### Readings

* Go-on: よう (yō)
* Kan-on: えい (ei, Jōyō)
* Kun: よむ (yomu, 詠む, Jōyō)、うたう (utau, 詠う)、ながめる (nagameru, 詠める)、ながむ (nagamu, 詠む)、え (e, 詠)、ええ (ē, 詠)

#### See also

* 咏

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 詠
* えい Grade: S
* kan'on
From Middle Chinese 詠 (MC hjwaengH).
The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) えー [éꜜè] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [e̞ː]

### Affix

詠(えい) • (ei)
* recite (poetry); sing; hum; chant
* compose (poetry)
* poetry

### Noun

詠(えい) • (ei)
* (literary) the composition of poetry; composed poetry
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### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

詠 (eum 영 (yeong))
* sing, hum, chant

#### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 詠

## Vietnamese
### Han character

詠: Hán Nôm readings: vịnh, vẳng, vạnh
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