穎

See also: 頴 and 颖

穎	U+7A4E, 穎 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 2198₆, composition ⿰⿱匕禾頁 or ⿹頃禾)

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

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

	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

trad.		穎
simp.		颖
alternative forms		頴／颖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐng (ying³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yín

(Hailu, HRS): rhin^ˊ
Eastern Min (BUC): īng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ing³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): éng

(Teochew, Peng'im): têng²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yin

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: wing⁶
  - Yale: wihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wing⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yín
  - Hakka Romanization System: in^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin³
  - Sinological IPA: /in³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yín
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)in^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)in³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhin^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒin²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: īng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ing³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: îng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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: têng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: théng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰeŋ⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yin
  - MiniDict: yin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhin
  - 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	wing⁵

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

trad.		穎
simp.		颖
alternative forms		引

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

穎

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 頴)

heads of grain
cleverness

Readings

Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
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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