郢

郢 U+90E2, 郢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90E2 ← 郡 [U+90E1] CJK Unified Ideographs 郣 → [U+90E3]

Translingual

Han character

郢 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+7, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 口土弓中 (RGNL), four-corner 6712₇, composition ⿰呈阝)

1. (historical) Ying (an ancient city in Hubei, China, a former capital of the state of Chu)

Derived characters

• 𫹟, 𣗐

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1272, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39438
• Dae Jaweon: page 1771, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3773, character 8
• Unihan data for U+90E2

Chinese

trad.		郢
simp. #		郢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (呈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
挰	*rleːŋ
鋥	*rleːŋs
逞	*l̥ʰeŋʔ
裎	*l̥ʰeŋʔ, *rleŋ
悜	*l̥ʰeŋʔ
睈	*l̥ʰeŋʔ
呈	*rleŋ, *l'eŋs
程	*rleŋ
酲	*rleŋ
珵	*rleŋ
徎	*rleŋʔ, *l̥ʰeːŋʔ
郢	*leŋʔ
浧	*leŋʔ
桯	*l̥ʰeːŋ, *ɦleːŋ
鞓	*l̥ʰeːŋ
壬	*l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *njɯm
鐵	*l̥ʰiːɡ
驖	*l̥ʰiːɡ, *l'iːɡ
戜	*l'iːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *leŋʔ): phonetic 呈 (OC *rleŋ, *l'eŋs) + semantic 邑 (“place”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǐng (Ying³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǐng
    • Wade–Giles: Ying³
    • Yale: Yǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yiing
    • Palladius: Ин (In)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing⁵
    • Yale: yíhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: yengX

Rime
Character	郢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以整切
Baxter	yengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/iæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiajŋX/
Li Rong	/iɛŋX/
Wang Li	/jĭɛŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*leŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*leŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	郢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǐng
Middle Chinese	‹ yengX ›
Old Chinese	/*leŋʔ/
English	[place name]
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	郢
Reading #	1/1
No.	1441
Phonetic component	呈
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郢
Old Chinese	/*leŋʔ/

Definitions

郢

1. (historical) Ying (an ancient city in Hubei, China, a former capital of the state of Chu)
2. (historical) synonym of 畢郢 / 毕郢, Biying (an ancient city in Shaanxi, China)

Compounds

• 郢中 (Yǐngzhōng)
• 郢城 (Yǐngchéng)
• 郢書燕說 / 郢书燕说
• 郢爰
• 齊郢 / 齐郢 (Qíyǐng)

Japanese

Kanji

郢

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えい (ei)

Korean

Hanja

郢 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune–Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

郢: Hán Nôm readings: dĩnh

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