榮

See also: 荣 and 栄

榮 U+69AE, 榮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69AE ← 榭 [U+69AD] CJK Unified Ideographs 榯 → [U+69AF]

Translingual

Traditional	榮
Shinjitai	栄
Simplified	荣

Han character

榮 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火火月木 (FFBD), four-corner 9990₄, composition ⿱𤇾木(GJKV) or ⿱𤇾朩(HT) or ⿱炏𣎾)

Derived characters

• 儝 嬫 嶸(嵘) 濚(溁) 爃(𫞡) 蠑(蝾) 鑅 㘇 㩞 𠓐 𣞁(㮠) 𤪤(𪛞) 𦆱 𦾵(𦴇) 𨏍 𫮴 𬄾 𬧘 𬷷 𰋇

Descendants

• 栄, 荣

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 544, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15273
• Dae Jaweon: page 932, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1269, character 8
• Unihan data for U+69AE

Chinese

trad.		榮
simp.		荣
alternative forms		栄 calligraphic

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 榮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

	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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷreŋ) : abbreviated phonetic 熒 (OC *ɡʷeːŋ) + semantic 木

Etymology

Same word as 熒 (OC *ɡʷeːŋ) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for etymology.

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 榮
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʐʊŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/ʐʊŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ʐʊŋ⁴⁵/ /yŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/lʊŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/iŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʐʊŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/yŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/yə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/yŋ⁵³/ /ʐʊŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ỹn⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ʐʊŋ⁵¹/ /vɤŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/yn²¹³/
	Chengdu	/yn³¹/ /yʊŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/iʊŋ²¹/
	Kunming	/iʊŋ³¹/
	Nanjing	/iʊŋ²⁴/
	Hefei	/iŋ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/yəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/yŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/ʐũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦioŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦioŋ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦioŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/joŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/yʌ̃⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/iɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/yn¹³/
	Xiangtan	/yn¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/iuŋ⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/iuŋ¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/ʒuŋ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/weŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/joŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/weŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/iŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/yŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/œyŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ioŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/zɔŋ³¹/

Rime
Character	榮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	庚 (112)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	永兵切
Baxter	hjwaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠwiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wing4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	榮	榮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	róng	róng
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwæng ›	‹ hjwæng ›
Old Chinese	/*[N-qʷ]reŋ/	/*[N-qʷ]reŋ/
English	glory, honor	榮觀 imperial palace; walls and watchtowers
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	榮
Reading #	1/1
No.	15365
Phonetic component	熒
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	榮
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷreŋ/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): róng (rong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ün²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wing⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ven³

• Gan (Wiktionary): iung⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yùng

  (Hailu, HRS): rhung

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yung²

• Northern Min (KCR): ě̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ìng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): yng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): êng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iong⁵ / uêng⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): yn²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róng
    • Wade–Giles: jung²
    • Yale: rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
    • Palladius: жун (žun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ün²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: wen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wing⁴
    • Yale: wìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ven³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ven²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: iung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iuŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: iung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: rhung
    • Sinological IPA: /ʒuŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /iʊŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ě̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /œyŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: yng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: êng
    • Tâi-lô: îng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: eeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iong⁵ / uêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iông / uêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ⁵⁵/, /ueŋ⁵⁵/

Note: uêng5 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yon
    • MiniDict: yon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhion
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦioŋ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: yn²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn¹³/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: hjwaeng

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[N-qʷ]reŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷreŋ/

Definitions

榮

1. glory; honour
2. to flourish; to prosper
3. (～縣) Rong County (a county of Zigong, Sichuan, China)
4. a surname

   榮毅仁／荣毅仁  ―  Róng Yìrén  ―  Rong Yiren (Vice President of the People's Republic of China, 1993-1998)

Compounds

• 偷榮 / 偷荣
• 光榮 / 光荣 (guāngróng)
• 光榮榜 / 光荣榜 (guāngróngbǎng)
• 共榮辱 / 共荣辱
• 南榮 / 南荣
• 向榮 / 向荣
• 哀榮 / 哀荣 (āiróng)
• 國家榮譽 / 国家荣誉
• 夫榮妻貴 / 夫荣妻贵
• 夫榮妻顯 / 夫荣妻显
• 夫貴妻榮 / 夫贵妻荣
• 安富尊榮 / 安富尊荣
• 富貴榮華 / 富贵荣华
• 尊榮 / 尊荣 (zūnróng)
• 引以為榮 / 引以为荣 (yǐnyǐwéiróng)
• 得失榮枯 / 得失荣枯
• 恩榮宴 / 恩荣宴
• 敝屣尊榮 / 敝屣尊荣
• 敷榮 / 敷荣 (fūróng)
• 春榮 / 春荣
• 晝錦之榮 / 昼锦之荣
• 晝錦榮歸 / 昼锦荣归
• 朝榮夕悴 / 朝荣夕悴
• 朝榮夕斃 / 朝荣夕毙
• 朝榮夕滅 / 朝荣夕灭
• 朝榮暮落 / 朝荣暮落
• 東榮 / 东荣 (Dōngróng)
• 枯榮 / 枯荣
• 榮任 / 荣任
• 榮休 / 荣休 (róngxiū)
• 榮光 / 荣光 (róngguāng)
• 榮利 / 荣利
• 榮升 / 荣升
• 榮名 / 荣名
• 榮名及親 / 荣名及亲
• 榮問 / 荣问
• 榮宗耀祖 / 荣宗耀祖
• 榮寵 / 荣宠
• 榮幸 / 荣幸 (róngxìng)
• 榮悴 / 荣悴
• 榮枯 / 荣枯 (róngkū)
• 榮歸 / 荣归
• 榮民 / 荣民 (róngmín)
• 榮民節 / 荣民节
• 榮獲 / 荣获 (rónghuò)
• 榮登 / 荣登
• 榮祿 / 荣禄
• 榮耀 / 荣耀 (róngyào)
• 榮膺 / 荣膺
• 榮膺鶚薦 / 荣膺鹗荐
• 榮華 / 荣华 (rónghuá)
• 榮華富貴 / 荣华富贵 (rónghuáfùguì)
• 榮行 / 荣行
• 榮觀 / 荣观
• 榮諧伉儷 / 荣谐伉俪
• 榮譽 / 荣誉 (róngyù)
• 榮譽勛章 / 荣誉勋章
• 榮譽學位 / 荣誉学位
• 榮譽市民 / 荣誉市民
• 榮譽榜 / 荣誉榜 (róngyùbǎng)
• 榮譽軍人 / 荣誉军人 (róngyù jūnrén)
• 榮身 / 荣身
• 榮辱 / 荣辱 (róngrǔ)
• 榮辱與共 / 荣辱与共 (róngrùyǔgòng)
• 榮退 / 荣退
• 榮達 / 荣达
• 榮銜 / 荣衔
• 榮顯 / 荣显
• 欣欣向榮 / 欣欣向荣 (xīnxīnxiàngróng)
• 死生榮辱 / 死生荣辱
• 殊榮 / 殊荣 (shūróng)
• 浮榮 / 浮荣
• 生榮死哀 / 生荣死哀
• 盛衰榮枯 / 盛衰荣枯
• 盛衰榮辱 / 盛衰荣辱 (shèngshuāiróngrǔ)
• 萬榮 / 万荣 (Wànróng)
• 繁榮 / 繁荣 (fánróng)
• 繁榮富強 / 繁荣富强
• 繁榮昌盛 / 繁荣昌盛
• 耀祖榮宗 / 耀祖荣宗
• 與有榮焉 / 与有荣焉 (yǔyǒuróngyān)
• 虛榮 / 虚荣 (xūróng)
• 虛榮心 / 虚荣心 (xūróngxīn)
• 衣錦之榮 / 衣锦之荣
• 衣錦榮歸 / 衣锦荣归
• 貪冒榮寵 / 贪冒荣宠
• 貪榮冒寵 / 贪荣冒宠
• 貪榮慕利 / 贪荣慕利
• 賣主求榮 / 卖主求荣
• 賣友求榮 / 卖友求荣 (màiyǒuqiúróng)
• 賣國求榮 / 卖国求荣 (màiguóqiúróng)
• 雖敗猶榮 / 虽败犹荣 (suībàiyóuróng)
• 顯榮 / 显荣
• 顯祖榮宗 / 显祖荣宗
• 飛榮 / 飞荣
• 鮮榮 / 鲜荣

References

• “Query for 榮”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Shinjitai	栄
Kyūjitai	榮

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 榮

榮

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 栄)

1. Kyūjitai form of 栄

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: えい (ei)
• Kun: さかえる (sakaeru, 榮える)、はえ (hae, 榮え)^{←はえ (fae, 榮え, historical)←は𛀁 (faye, 榮𛀁, ancient)}、はえる (haeru, 榮える)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
榮
さか(え) Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
榮
えい Jinmeiyō
kan'on

Kanji in this term
榮
ろん Jinmeiyō
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 榮 – see the following entry.

【栄】4 [kanji] fourth grade kanji Kanji reading: よう, えい, さかえる, はえ, はえる, さか, さかえ, しげ, しげる, たか, てる, とも, なが, はる, ひさ, ひさし, ひで, ひろ, まさ, よし

(This term, 榮, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

榮 (eumhun 꽃 영 (kkot yeong))

1. hanja form^? of 영 (“glory, honour”)
2. hanja form^? of 영 (“flourish, prosper”)

Compounds

• 영광 (榮光, yeonggwang, “glory”)
• 번영 (繁榮, beonyeong, “prosperity”)

Vietnamese

Han character

榮: Hán Nôm readings: vinh, vang, vành, vểnh, vênh, vanh, văng

1. glory, honour
2. Vinh, the capital of Nghệ An Province