Wiktionary

嬰

See also: 婴
嬰 U+5B30, 嬰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B30
← 嬯
[U+5B2F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嬱 →
[U+5B31]

Translingual edit

Traditional 嬰
Shinjitai
(extended) 		𰋷
Simplified 婴

Han character edit

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

References edit

  • 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

Chinese edit

trad. 嬰
simp. 婴
2nd round simp. 𰋷
alternative forms 孆／𫝭 ancient
孾／𪧀 ancient

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 嬰
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
Characters in the same phonetic series (賏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
瀴 *qreːŋs, *mqeːŋʔ, *qeːŋʔ
甖 *qreːŋ
鸚 *qreːŋ
櫻 *qreːŋ
嚶 *qreːŋ
罌 *qreːŋ
鸎 *qreːŋ
譻 *qreːŋ
賏 *qreŋs, *qeŋ
嬰 *qeŋ
瓔 *qeŋ
纓 *qeŋ
攖 *qeŋ
蘡 *qeŋ
癭 *qeŋʔ
廮 *qeŋʔ
巊 *qeːŋʔ

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

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • eⁿ/iⁿ - vernacular;
  • eng - literary.
Rime
Character 嬰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於盈切
Baxter 'jieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔiæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔiajŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiɛŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jing1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 嬰 嬰
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yīng yīng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔjieng › ‹ ʔjieng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔeŋ/ /*ʔeŋ/
English surround; necklace baby

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 嬰
Reading # 1/1
No. 15336
Phonetic
component 		賏
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		嬰
Old
Chinese 		/*qeŋ/

Definitions edit

嬰

  1. baby; infant (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. † necklace
  3. † to put on; to wear
  4. † to surround
  5. † to entangle; to fetter
  6. † to suffer
  7. † to offend
  8. † to exert
  9. a surname

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 嬰兒 (“baby; infant”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 嬰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 嬰兒, 嬰孩
Mandarin Beijing 嬰孩兒
Taiwan 嬰兒, 寶寶
Luoyang 娃娃
Wanrong 胎娃
Wuhan 毛頭伢, 毛頭, 毛毛伢, 毛毛, 伢伢
Chengdu 奶娃兒, 奶娃子, 奶娃娃
Guiyang 嫩娃娃
Kunming 小每每, 小咕奶兒
Xuzhou 小毛娃兒
Nanjing 小毛娃, 毛娃, 小寶寶
Singapore 嬰兒
Cantonese Guangzhou 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB, 阿蝦, 臊妹, 嫩蚊仔
Hong Kong BB仔, BB, B, 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, 蝦仔
Macau BB仔
Guangzhou (Conghua) 蘇蝦仔
Taishan 毛蝦
Dongguan 蘇蝦仔, BB, BB仔
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 蘇蝦仔, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB
Singapore (Guangfu) 蘇蝦
Gan Nanchang 毛伢子
Lichuan 毛伢崽
Pingxiang 毛毛仔
Hakka Meixian 孲𤘅仔
Xingning 孲𤘅哩
Huidong (Daling) 孲𤘅仔
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 孲𤘅子
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 嫩仔
Changting 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
Wuping 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
Wuping (Pingyu) 蝦毛子
Liancheng 孲𤘅子
Yudu 伢人子, 毛伢子
Ruijin 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
Shicheng 赤伢
Shangyou (Shexi) 伢毛子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 孲𤘅仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 孲𤘅仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 孲𤘅, 孲𤘅仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 孲𤘅
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿佅, 嬰仔
Huizhou Jixi 細妹
Jin Taiyuan 小娃娃
Xinzhou 小娃子
Northern Min Jian'ou 𤘅仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 兒囝囝
Southern Min Xiamen 嬰仔, 幼囝
Quanzhou 嬰仔, 幼囝
Jinjiang 幼囝
Yongchun 嬰囝
Zhangzhou 嬰仔, 嬰哥, 紅嬰仔, 紅嬰, 幼囝
Taipei 嬰仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 紅嬰
Kaohsiung 紅嬰仔
Yilan 紅嬰仔
Changhua (Lukang) 紅嬰仔
Taichung 紅嬰仔
Tainan 紅嬰仔
Hsinchu 紅嬰仔
Kinmen 嬰仔
Singapore (Hokkien) 嬰仔, 尾咪, 細囝
Manila (Hokkien) 嬰仔
Guilin (Biyange) 毛毛崽
Shantou 孥囝
Jieyang 伲伲, 阿伲, 阿伲囝, 阿孥, 孥, 擁噯
Singapore (Teochew) anak
Leizhou 儂
Haikou 囝, 儂 intimate
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 丫囝
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 娃娃
Wu Shanghai 小毛頭, 小小囡, 毛毛頭
Shanghai (Chongming) 小小囡
Suzhou 小毛頭, 毛毛頭, 血泡泡
Danyang 小毛毛, 毛毛
Hangzhou 小毛頭兒, 小毛頭, 毛頭兒, 毛毛頭
Ningbo 奶花, 小毛頭, 毛頭奶花, 孲𤘅, 抱手
Wenzhou 娒兒, 娒娒兒
Jinhua 王男
Xiang Changsha 毛毛, 毛毛它, 毛它
Loudi 毛毛唧, 毛毛

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai
(extended)

𰋷 (𰋷)

Kyūjitai

嬰

Kanji edit

嬰

(uncommon “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

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Compounds

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
嬰
えい
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 嬰 (MC 'jieng).

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

Pronunciation edit

Affix edit

嬰(えい) • (ei) 

  1. newborn baby; infant
  2. surround

Noun edit

嬰(えい) • (ei) 

  1. (music) sharp (♯)
    嬰(えい)ヘ ― eie ― F-sharp

Antonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

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

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

嬰: Hán Việt readings: anh

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