楹

楹 U+6979, 楹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6979 ← 楸 [U+6978] CJK Unified Ideographs 楺 → [U+697A]

Translingual

Han character

楹 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木弓尸廿 (DNST), four-corner 4791₇, composition ⿰木盈)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 542, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15188
• Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1258, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6979

Chinese

simp. and trad.		楹

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
盈	*leŋ
楹	*leŋ

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	楹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以成切
Baxter	yeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/iæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiajŋ/
Li Rong	/iɛŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	楹
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yíng
Middle Chinese	‹ yeng ›
Old Chinese	/*leŋ/
English	pillar
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	楹
Reading #	1/1
No.	15353
Phonetic component	盈
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	盈
Old Chinese	/*leŋ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíng (ying²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíng
    • Wade–Giles: ying²
    • Yale: yíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yng
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing⁴
    • Yale: yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yeng

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*leŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*leŋ/

Definitions

楹

1. column; pillar (especially in front of a hall)
2. (literary) Classifier for buildings or rooms.

Japanese

Kanji

楹

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えい (ei)
• Kun: はしら (hashira)

Korean

Hanja

楹 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune–Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

楹: Hán Nôm readings: doanh

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