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迎

迎 U+8FCE, 迎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FCE
← 迍
[U+8FCD] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 迏 →
[U+8FCF]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

迎 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+4, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 7 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜竹女中 (YHVL), four-corner 37302, composition ⿺辶卬)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1254, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38748
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1736, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3821, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+8FCE

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 迎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (卬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
卬 *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ
枊 *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaːŋs
昂 *ŋaːŋ
仰 *ŋaŋʔ, *ŋaŋs
迎 *ŋaŋ, *ŋraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaŋ, *ŋraŋs) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 卬 (OC *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ).

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋra-k/ŋ (“to meet; to encounter”). Cognate with Burmese ငြင်း (ngrang:, “to refuse to obey; to argue”). Within Chinese, it is related to:

  • 禦 (OC *ŋaʔ, *ŋas, “to defend”)
  • 迕 (OC *ŋaːs, “to meet; to go against”)
  • 迓 (OC *ŋraːs, “to receive; to defend”)
  • 溯 (OC *sŋaːɡs, “to go upstream”)
  • 逆 (OC *ŋraɡ, “to greet; to go against; to resist”)

Pronunciation 1 edit

trad. 迎
simp. # 迎
2nd round simp. 迊

Note:
  • ngiàng - vernacular (“to parade through the streets; to become dry; to stick up”);
  • ngìng - literary (“to welcome, to meet; to face; to flatter”).
Note:
  • ngiâ - vernacular (“to parade through the streets; to meet, to greet”);
  • gêng - literary.
Note:
  • ngêng5 - Shantou;
  • ngiêng5 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 迎
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 語京切
Baxter ngjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋiaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋiajŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ŋiɐŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ŋĭɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yíng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jing4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 迎
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yíng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngjæng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋ<r>aŋ/
English go to meet

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 迎
Reading # 1/2
No. 34
Phonetic
component 		卬
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		迎
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋaŋ/

Definitions edit

迎

  1. to receive; to welcome; to greet; to meet
    歡迎／欢迎  ―  huānyíng  ―  welcome
  2. to flatter; to ingratiate with
  3. to face; to go against; to do something in face of ...; to forge ahead
    迎著風跑／迎著风跑  ―  yíngzhe fēng pǎo  ―  to run against the wind
  4. (obsolete) to predict; to forecast
  5. (Min) to escort (a god, hero etc.) through the streets; to parade through the streets
  6. (Eastern Min, of food) to become dry (due to exposure to the wind)
  7. (Eastern Min, of hair) to stick up; to become erect
  8. a surname
Usage notes edit

In the sense to face, often followed by 著／着 (zhe).

Synonyms edit
  • (to face):

Compounds edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

trad. 迎
simp. # 迎

Rime
Character 迎
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 魚敬切
Baxter ngjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋˠiæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋᵚiaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋiaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋiajŋH/
Li
Rong 		/ŋiɐŋH/
Wang
Li 		/ŋĭɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋi̯ɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jing6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 迎
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yìng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngjængH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋ<r>aŋ-s/
English go to meet

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 迎
Reading # 2/2
No. 35
Phonetic
component 		卬
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		迎
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋraŋs/

Definitions edit

迎

  1. (obsolete) to prepare to greet a guest before their arrival
  2. 42nd tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝌯)

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai 迎
Kyūjitai
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迎󠄁
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(Adobe-Japan1) 		 
迎󠄃
迎+&#xE0103;?
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Kanji edit

迎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. welcome
  2. to meet
  3. to greet

Readings edit

Proper noun edit

Kanji in this term
迎
むかい
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
迎
むかえ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

迎(むかえ) or 迎(むかい) • (Mukae or Mukai) 

  1. a surname

References edit

  1. ^ “迎”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean edit

Hanja edit

迎 (eumhun 맞을 영 (majeul yeong))

  1. Hanja form? of 영 (“to meet; to greet; welcome”).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

迎: Hán Nôm readings: nghênh, ngảnh, nghểnh, nghiêng, nginh

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