詠

See also: 咏

詠 U+8A60, 詠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A60 ← 詟 [U+8A5F] CJK Unified Ideographs 詡 → [U+8A61]

Translingual

Han character

詠 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口戈弓水 (YRINE), four-corner 0363₂, composition ⿰訁永)

Derived characters

• 𦻑

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1156, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35409
• Dae Jaweon: page 1621, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3957, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8A60

Chinese

trad.		詠/咏
simp.		咏
nonstandard simp.		𰵞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
永	*ɢʷraŋʔ
栐	*ɢʷraŋʔ
泳	*ɢʷraŋs
詠	*ɢʷraŋs
咏	*ɢʷraŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒng (yong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wing⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ven⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yún
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): éng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒng
    • Wade–Giles: yung³
    • Yale: yǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong
    • Palladius: юн (jun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁶
    • Yale: wihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ven⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ven³²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún
    • Hakka Romanization System: iun`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯un³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng
    • Tâi-lô: íng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: eang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iong³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwaengH

Rime
Character	詠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	庚 (112)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	爲命切
Baxter	hjwaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠwiæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚiaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwiajŋH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐŋH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wing6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷraŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷraŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	詠
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǒng
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwaengH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷraŋ-s/
English	chant (v.)
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	詠
Reading #	1/1
No.	15426
Phonetic component	永
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	詠
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷraŋs/

Definitions

詠

1. to sing; to hum; to chant
2. to describe in poetic language

   詠女蘿／咏女萝  ―  Yǒng Nǚluó  ―  On the Dodder

Compounds

• 一觴一詠／一觞一咏
• 一詠一觴／一咏一觞
• 南樓詠謔／南楼咏谑
• 吟詠／吟咏 (yínyǒng)
• 吟詠性情／吟咏性情
• 吟詠情性／吟咏情性
• 吟風詠月／吟风咏月
• 嘯詠／啸咏
• 嘲風詠月／嘲风咏月
• 歌詠／歌咏 (gēyǒng)
• 玉臺新詠／玉台新咏
• 班姬詠扇／班姬咏扇
• 禮成詠／礼成咏 (lǐchéngyǒng)
• 聖詠／圣咏
• 行吟坐詠／行吟坐咏
• 觴詠／觞咏
• 詠史詩／咏史诗
• 詠嘆／咏叹 (yǒngtàn)
• 詠嘆調／咏叹调 (yǒngtàndiào)
• 詠懷／咏怀
• 詠懷古蹟／咏怀古迹
• 詠歎／咏叹 (yǒngtàn)
• 詠物詩／咏物诗
• 詠絮／咏絮
• 詠贊／咏赞
• 詠雪之慧／咏雪之慧
• 詠雪之才／咏雪之才
• 誦詠／诵咏
• 題詠／题咏

 

Japanese

Kanji

詠

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. recitation
2. poem
3. song
4. composing

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)←ゐやう (wyau, ancient)}
• Kan-on: えい (ei, Jōyō)^{←えい (ei, historical)←ゑい (wei, ancient)}
• Kun: よむ (yomu, 詠む, Jōyō); うたう (utau, 詠う); ながめる (nagameru, 詠める); ながむ (nagamu, 詠む); え (e, 詠); ええ (ē, 詠)

See also

• 咏

Etymology

Kanji in this term
詠
えい Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 詠 (MC hjwaengH).

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) え​ー [éꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ː]

Affix

詠(えい) • (ei) 

1. recite (poetry); sing; hum; chant
2. compose (poetry)
3. poetry

Noun

詠(えい) • (ei) 

1. (literary) the composition of poetry; composed poetry
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Korean

Hanja

詠 (eum 영 (yeong))

1. sing, hum, chant

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 詠

Vietnamese

Han character

詠: Hán Nôm readings: vịnh, vẳng, vạnh

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