# 嬴

| 嬴 | U+5B34, &#23348; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B34 |
| ← 嬳 [U+5B33] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嬵 → [U+5B35] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嬴 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜弓女 (YNV), four-corner 0021$_7$, composition ⿵𣎆女(GJKV) or ⿵𦝠女(HT))

#### Derived characters

* 㜲, 攍, 瀛, 𣟅, 䑉, 䃷, 𨯤, 𩇤, 䕦, 籝

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6776
* Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2113, character 9
* Unihan data for U+5B34

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嬴 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 嬴 | *leŋ |
| 瀛 | *leŋ |
| 籝 | *leŋ |
| 贏 | *leŋ |
| 攍 | *leŋ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yíng (ying$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jing$^4$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): iong$^5$ / uang$^5$
* 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
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iong$^5$ / uang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iông / uâng
*** Sinological IPA : /ioŋ⁵⁵/, /uaŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: yeng
Rime :
| Character | 嬴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 以成切 |
| Baxter | yeng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiᴇŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɛŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iæŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jiajŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /iɛŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭɛŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯ɛŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yíng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jing$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*leŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嬴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15393 |
| Phonetic component | 贏 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 盈 |
| Old Chinese | /*leŋ/ |
| Notes | 朱駿聲贏聲 |

### Definitions

嬴
* (obsolete) to have a surplus; to be full
* (obsolete) to bear; to take responsibility
* a surname (no longer common since Han dynasty)
    嬴政 ― Yíng Zhèng ― Ying Zheng (real name of Qin Shi Huang)

#### Compounds

* 不嬴
* 嬴利
* 嬴土
* 嬴糧 / 嬴粮
* 嬴絀 / 嬴绌
* 嬴餘 / 嬴余

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to win
* to have a surplus

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): えい (ei)

#### Usage notes

This character does not seem to be used in modern Japanese.

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

嬴 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune–Reischauer yŏng)
* to be full of

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嬴: Hán Nôm readings: doanh
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