嬰

嬰 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月金女 (BCV), four-corner 6640₄, composition ⿱賏女)

• 嚶, 孆, 孾, 巊, 攖, 瀴, 櫻, 瓔, 䑍, 䙬, 纓, 蠳, 䨉, 鸚, 蘡, 廮, 癭

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6828
• Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1086, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5B30

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 賏 (“a string of shells”) + 女 (“woman”).

Probably related to 縈 (OC *qʷeŋ, “to entwine”) (Schuessler, 2007).

嬰

1. baby; infant (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) necklace
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to put on; to wear
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to surround

   • 遂迷不復，自嬰屯蹇。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     遂迷不复，自婴屯蹇。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《孔叢子》

     Suì mí bù fù, zì yīng túnjiǎn. [Pinyin]

     Thus I was lost and could not return, surrounding myself in hardships.

5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to entangle; to fetter
6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to suffer
7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to offend
8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to exert
9. a surname

• “嬰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𰋷)

1. young child, newborn child
2. used as western symbol ♯ sharp to mark the accidentals of musical notes
3. necklace
4. put around one's neck

• Go-on: よう (yō)
• Kan-on: えい (ei)
• Kun: あかご (akago, 嬰)、ふれる (fureru, 嬰れる)、めぐらす (megurasu, 嬰らす)、めぐる (meguru, 嬰る)、かける (kakeru)、かかる (kakaru)、みどりご (midorigo)

From Middle Chinese 嬰 (MC 'jieng).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

• (Tokyo) えー [éꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [e̞ː]

嬰(えい) • (ei) 

1. newborn baby; infant
2. surround

嬰(えい) • (ei) 

1. (music) sharp (♯)

   嬰(えい)ヘ ― eihe ― F-sharp

• 変(へん) (hen)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [영]

Wikisource

嬰 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune–Reischauer yŏng)

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嬰: Hán Việt readings: anh

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