# 穎

| 穎 | U+7A4E, &#31310; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A4E |
| ← 積 [U+7A4D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 穏 → [U+7A4F] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 穎 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 頴 |
| Simplified | 颖 |

### Han character

穎 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 心木一月金 (PDMBC), four-corner 2198$_6$, composition ⿰⿱匕禾頁 or ⿹頃禾)
* rice tassel
* sharp point
* clever

#### Derived characters

* 𰃅, 𭌒, 𡓡, 𢹃, 𤃡, 𣟤, 蘔

#### Related characters

* 頴 (Variant form)
* 颖 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 859, character 25
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25267
* Dae Jaweon: page 1286, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4376, character 3
* Unihan data for U+7A4E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 穎
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 顈 | *ɡeːnʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 傾 | *kʰʷeŋ |
| 頃 | *kʰʷeŋ, *kʰʷeŋʔ |
| 穎 | *ɢʷeŋʔ |
| 潁 | *ɢʷeŋʔ |
| 熲 | *kʷeːŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷeŋʔ): semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 頃 (OC *kʰʷeŋ, *kʰʷeŋʔ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǐng (ying$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wing$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yín
    (Hailu, HRS): rhin$^ˊ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): īng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ing$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): éng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): têng$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǐng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǐng
*** Wade–Giles: ying$^3$
*** Yale: yǐng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiing
*** Palladius: ин (in)
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wing$^6$
*** Yale: wihng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wing$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wing$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɪŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yín
*** Hakka Romanization System: in$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /in³¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yín
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)in$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)in³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rhin$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒin²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: īng
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ing$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: îng
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng
*** Tâi-lô: íng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: eang
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /iɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: têng$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: théng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰeŋ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yin
*** MiniDict: yin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦin²³/
* Middle Chinese: ywengX
Rime :
| Character | 穎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (122) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 餘頃切 |
| Baxter | ywengX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jwiᴇŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jʷiɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iuæŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jwiajŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /iuɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭwɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯wɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǒng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wing$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷeŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷeŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 穎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǐng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yweng$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷeŋʔ/ |
| English | point of an ear of grain |
| 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 | 穎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10509 |
| Phonetic component | 頃 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 潁 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷeŋʔ/ |

#### Definitions

穎
* ear of grain
* tip
* clever; gifted
    Synonym: 聰 / 聪 (cōng)

#### Compounds

* a穎敏 / a颖敏
* 囊中穎 / 囊中颖
* 新穎 / 新颖 (xīnyǐng)
* 毛穎 / 毛颖
* 穎悟 / 颖悟 (yǐngwù)
* 穎悟絕人 / 颖悟绝人
* 穎悟絕倫 / 颖悟绝伦
* 穎慧 / 颖慧
* 穎果 / 颖果 (yǐngguǒ)
* 穎異 / 颖异 (yǐngyì)
* 穎秀 / 颖秀
* 穎脫 / 颖脱
* 穎脫而出 / 颖脱而出 (yǐngtuō'érchū)
* 穎花 / 颖花
* 管城毛穎 / 管城毛颖
* 聰穎 / 聪颖 (cōngyǐng)
* 脫穎 / 脱颖
* 脫穎囊錐 / 脱颖囊锥
* 脫穎而出 / 脱颖而出 (tuōyǐng'érchū)
* 重穎 / 重颖
* 鋒穎 / 锋颖

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): íⁿ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: íⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: ínn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: vie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ĩ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Zhangzhou): /ĩ⁵³/

#### Definitions

穎
* (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) bud; sprout; shoot

##### Synonyms

* 芽 (yá)

#### Compounds

* 出穎 / 出颖 (Hokkien)
* 暴穎 / 暴颖 (Hokkien)
* 爆穎 / 爆颖 (Hokkien)
* 發穎 / 发颖 (Hokkien)
* 穎仔 / 颖仔 (Hokkien)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 頴 |
| Print standard | 穎 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 頴)
* heads of grain
* cleverness

#### Readings

* Go-on: よう (yō)
* Kan-on: えい (ei)
* Kun: かび (kabi, 穎)、さき (saki, 穎)、のぎ (nogi, 穎)、ほさき (hosaki, 穎)
* Nanori: え (e)、かい (kai)

### Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 穎 – see the following entry. :
| 【頴】H | [kanji] hyōgai kanji [kanji] Extended shinjitai form of 穎: heads of grain; cleverness Kanji reading: よう, えい, かび, さき, のぎ, ほさき, え, かい |
(This term, 穎, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

穎 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune–Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

穎: Hán Nôm readings: dĩnh, dánh, dính, nhảnh, giảnh
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