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螢

See also: 萤 and 蛍
螢 U+87A2, 螢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87A2
← 螡
[U+87A1]		CJK Unified Ideographs螣 →
[U+87A3]

Translingual edit

Traditional螢
Shinjitai蛍
Simplified萤

Han character edit

螢 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火火月中戈 (FFBLI), four-corner 99136, composition ⿱𤇾虫)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1093, character 45
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33434
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2881, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+87A2

Chinese edit

trad.螢
simp.萤

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (熒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鶯*qreːŋ
罃*qreːŋ
嫈*qreːŋ, *qreːŋs, *qʷeŋ
褮*qreːŋ, *qʷeŋ, *ɢʷeːŋ
覮*pqʰʷeːŋ
謍*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʷreːŋ, *ɢʷeŋ
䁝*qʷraːŋʔ
嶸*ɢʷreːŋ, *ɢʷreŋ
嵤*ɢʷreːŋ
榮*ɢʷreŋ
瑩*ɢʷreŋ, *qʷeːŋs
蠑*ɢʷreŋ
禜*ɢʷreŋ, *ɢʷreŋs
醟*ɢʷreŋs, *qʰʷeŋs
檾*kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
煢*ɡʷeŋ
焭*ɡʷeŋ
縈*qʷeŋ
營*ɢʷeŋ
鎣*ɢʷeŋ, *qʷeːŋs
塋*ɢʷeŋ
濴*ɢʷeŋ
熒*ɡʷeːŋ
螢*ɡʷeːŋ
滎*ɡʷeːŋ
濙*qʷeːŋʔ
瀅*qʷeːŋs

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to 熒 (OC *ɡʷeːŋ, “luminous, fluorescent; to shine, to shimmer, to dazzle”)?”

From 虫 "worm", 熒 "fluorescent" sound, indicating fireflies.

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • êng - literary;
  • iâⁿ - vernacular.
  • Dialectal data
VarietyLocation螢
MandarinBeijing/iŋ³⁵/
Harbin/iŋ²⁴/
Tianjin/iŋ⁴⁵/
Jinan/iŋ⁴²/
Qingdao/iŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou/iŋ⁴²/
Xi'an/iŋ²⁴/
Xining/iə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan/iŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou/ĩn⁵³/
Ürümqi/iŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan/in²¹³/
Chengdu/yn³¹/
Guiyang/in²¹/
Kunming/ĩ³¹/
Nanjing/in²⁴/
Hefei/in⁵⁵/
JinTaiyuan/iəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao/yŋ¹³/
Hohhot/ĩŋ³¹/
WuShanghai/ɦioŋ²³/
/ɦiŋ²³/
Suzhou/ɦin¹³/
Hangzhou/ɦin²¹³/
Wenzhou/joŋ³¹/
HuiShexian/yʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi/iɛ⁴⁴/
XiangChangsha/yn¹³/
/ian¹³/
Xiangtan/yn¹²/
GanNanchang/yn⁴⁵/
HakkaMeixian/in¹¹/
Taoyuan/in¹¹/
CantoneseGuangzhou/jeŋ²¹/
Nanning/jeŋ²¹/
Hong Kong/jiŋ²¹/
MinXiamen (Hokkien)/iŋ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min)/iaŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min)/iaŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew)/ioŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese)/zɔŋ³¹/
Rime
Character螢
Reading #1/1
Initial (聲)匣 (33)
Final (韻)青 (126)
Tone (調)Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)Closed
Division (等)IV
Fanqie戸扃切
Baxterhweng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		/ɦweŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		/ɦʷeŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		/ɣuɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		/ɦwɛjŋ/
Li
Rong		/ɣueŋ/
Wang
Li		/ɣiweŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		/ɣiweŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		xióng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		wing4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character螢
Reading #1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		yíng
Middle
Chinese		‹ hweng ›
Old
Chinese		/*m-qʷˁeŋ/
Englishglow-worm

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螢
Reading #1/1
No.15387
Phonetic
component		熒
Rime
group		耕
Rime
subdivision		0
Corresponding
MC rime		熒
Old
Chinese		/*ɡʷeːŋ/

Definitions edit

螢

  1. firefly

Compounds edit

  • 囊螢／囊萤
  • 囊螢積雪／囊萤积雪
  • 映雪囊螢／映雪囊萤
  • 流螢／流萤 (liúyíng)
  • 照螢映雪／照萤映雪
  • 積雪囊螢／积雪囊萤
  • 聚螢／聚萤
  • 聚螢映雪／聚萤映雪
  • 聚螢積雪／聚萤积雪
  • 螢光／萤光 (yíngguāng)
  • 螢光劑／萤光剂
  • 螢光幕／萤光幕 (yíngguāngmù)
  • 螢光板／萤光板
  • 螢光燈／萤光灯 (yíngguāngdēng)
  • 螢光粉／萤光粉
  • 螢光體／萤光体
  • 螢幕／萤幕 (yíngmù)
  • 螢火／萤火 (yínghuǒ)
  • 螢火蟲／萤火虫 (yínghuǒchóng)
  • 螢石／萤石 (yíngshí)
  • 螢窗／萤窗
  • 螢窗雪案／萤窗雪案
  • 螢蛾／萤蛾
  • 螢雪／萤雪
  • 車胤囊螢／车胤囊萤
  • 集螢映雪／集萤映雪
  • 雪案螢燈／雪案萤灯
  • 雪案螢窗／雪案萤窗
  • 雪窗螢几
  • 雪窗螢火／雪窗萤火

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

蛍

Kyūjitai

螢

Kanji edit

螢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蛍)

  1. firefly

Readings edit

Etymology edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 螢 – see the following entry.
【蛍】S
[kanji] Hyōgaiji kanji
Kanji reading:
ぎょう, けい, ほたる
(This term, 螢, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 螢 (MC hweng). Recorded as Middle Korean 혀ᇰ (hyeng) (Yale: hyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

螢 (eumhun 반딧불이 형 (banditburi hyeong))

  1. Hanja form? of 형 (“glow-worm; luminous insect”).

Compounds edit

Compounds
  • 형광 (螢光, hyeonggwang)
  • 형설 (螢雪, hyeongseol)
  • 형석 (螢石, hyeongseok)
  • 형과 (螢科, hyeonggwa)
  • 형창 (螢窓, hyeongchang)
  • 형학 (螢學, hyeonghak)
  • 형화 (螢火, hyeonghwa)
  • 형광등 (螢光燈, hyeonggwangdeung)
  • 형광체 (螢光體, hyeonggwangche)
  • 형광판 (螢光板, hyeonggwangpan)

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

螢: Hán Nôm readings: huỳnh

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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