嬰 (Kangxi radical 38,女+14, 17 strokes,cangjie input月金女 (BCV),four-corner66404,composition⿱賏女)
- 嚶, 孆, 孾, 巊, 攖, 瀴, 櫻, 瓔, 䑍, 䙬, 纓, 蠳, 䨉, 鸚, 蘡, 廮, 癭
Additional Derived Characters
- 𪝼, 𡓫, 𢖠, 𤣎, 𤜉, 𪼿, 𥌽, 𥐑, 𧮆, 𨰃, 𩽢, 𪈤, 𨟙, 𣤵, 𭺩, 𦦿, 𩖍, 𭒲, 𡾸, 𫋱
- Kangxi Dictionary:page 273, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6828
- Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1086, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5B30
| Old Chinese |
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| 瀴 | *qreːŋs, *mqeːŋʔ, *qeːŋʔ |
| 甖 | *qreːŋ |
| 鸚 | *qreːŋ |
| 櫻 | *qreːŋ |
| 嚶 | *qreːŋ |
| 罌 | *qreːŋ |
| 鸎 | *qreːŋ |
| 譻 | *qreːŋ |
| 賏 | *qreŋs, *qeŋ |
| 嬰 | *qeŋ |
| 瓔 | *qeŋ |
| 纓 | *qeŋ |
| 攖 | *qeŋ |
| 蘡 | *qeŋ |
| 癭 | *qeŋʔ |
| 廮 | *qeŋʔ |
| 巊 | *qeːŋʔ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 賏(“a string of shells”) + 女(“woman”).
Probably related to縈 (OC*qʷeŋ, “to entwine”) (Schuessler, 2007).
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan
- Hakka
- Jin
- Northern Min
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien:Xiamen,Zhangzhou,Kaohsiung,Tainan,Taichung,Yilan)
- (Hokkien:Xiamen,Quanzhou,Taipei,Hsinchu,Lukang,Sanxia,Kinmen,Magong)
- (Hokkien:Xiamen,Quanzhou,Zhangzhou,GeneralTaiwanese)
Note:
- eⁿ/iⁿ - vernacular;
- eng - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) |
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| Character | 嬰 | 嬰 |
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| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yīng | yīng |
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Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔjieng › | ‹ ʔjieng › |
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Old Chinese | /*ʔeŋ/ | /*ʔeŋ/ |
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| English | surround; necklace | baby |
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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) |
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| Character | 嬰 |
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| Reading # | 1/1 |
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| No. | 15336 |
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Phonetic component | 賏 |
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Rime group | 耕 |
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Rime subdivision | 0 |
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Corresponding MC rime | 嬰 |
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Old Chinese | /*qeŋ/ |
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嬰
- baby;infant(Can we add anexample for this sense?)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)necklace
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) toput on; towear
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tosurround
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) toentangle; tofetter
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tosuffer
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tooffend
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) toexert
- asurname
Dialectal synonyms of
嬰兒 (“baby; infant”)
[map]| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Classical Chinese | 嬰 |
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| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 嬰兒,嬰孩 |
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| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 嬰孩兒 |
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| Taiwan | 嬰兒,寶寶 |
| Singapore | 嬰兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 娃娃 |
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| Wanrong | 胎娃 |
| Xuzhou | 小毛娃兒 |
| Pizhou | 月窩孩兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 奶娃兒,奶娃子,奶娃娃 |
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| Wuhan | 毛頭伢,毛頭,毛毛伢,毛毛,伢伢 |
| Guiyang | 嫩娃娃 |
| Kunming | 小每每,小咕奶兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小毛娃,毛娃,小寶寶 |
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| Yangzhou | 奶黃兒 |
| Baoying | 奶歡子 |
| Taizhou | 奶伢兒 |
| Zhenjiang | 奶寶兒 |
| Huai'an(Huaiyin) | 小毛霞子 |
| Xuyi | 毛伢子 |
| Nantong | 細伢兒 |
| Rugao | 細伢兒 |
| Yancheng | 毛伢兒 |
| Funing | 毛伢兒 |
| Sihong | 毛毛 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 臊蝦仔,臊蝦,𤘅孲仔,BB仔,BB,阿蝦,臊,臊妹,嫩蚊仔 |
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| Hong Kong | BB仔,BB,B,臊蝦仔,臊蝦,𤘅孲仔,蝦仔 |
| Macau | BB仔 |
| Guangzhou(Conghua) | 臊蝦仔 |
| Foshan | 臊蝦仔 |
| Taishan | 毛蝦,赤蝦 |
| Kaiping(Chikan) | 赤蝦仔 |
| Dongguan | BB,BB仔 |
| Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) | 臊蝦仔,𤘅孲仔,BB仔,BB |
| Singapore(Guangfu) | 臊蝦 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 毛伢子 |
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| Lichuan | 毛伢崽 |
| Pingxiang | 毛毛仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 孲𤘅仔,孲𤘅 |
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| Xingning | 孲𤘅哩 |
| Huidong(Daling) | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Shaoguan(Qujiang) | 孲𤘅子 |
| Lianshan(Xiaosanjiang) | 嫩仔 |
| Changting | 孲𤘅子,赤蝦子 |
| Wuping | 孲𤘅子,赤蝦子 |
| Wuping(Pingyu) | 蝦毛子 |
| Liancheng | 孲𤘅子 |
| Yudu | 伢人子,毛伢子 |
| Ruijin | 孲𤘅子,赤蝦子 |
| Shicheng | 赤伢 |
| Shangyou(Shexi) | 伢毛子 |
| Miaoli(N. Sixian) | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) | 孲𤘅,孲𤘅仔 |
| Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) | 孲𤘅 |
| Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) | 孲𤘅仔,孲𤘅 |
| Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿佅,嬰仔 |
| Hong Kong | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細妹 |
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| Jin | Taiyuan | 小娃娃 |
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| Xinzhou | 小娃子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𤘅仔 |
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| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 兒囝囝 |
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| Southern Min | Xiamen | 嬰仔,幼囝 |
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| Quanzhou | 嬰仔,幼囝 |
| Jinjiang | 幼囝 |
| Yongchun | 嬰囝 |
| Zhangzhou | 嬰仔,嬰哥,紅嬰仔,紅嬰,幼囝 |
| Taipei | 嬰仔 |
| New Taipei(Sanxia) | 紅嬰 |
| Kaohsiung | 紅嬰仔 |
| Yilan | 紅嬰仔 |
| Changhua(Lukang) | 紅嬰仔 |
| Taichung | 紅嬰仔 |
| Tainan | 紅嬰仔 |
| Hsinchu | 紅嬰仔 |
| Kinmen | 嬰仔 |
| Singapore(Hokkien) | 嬰仔,尾咪,細囝 |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 嬰仔 |
| Guilin(Biyange) | 毛毛崽 |
| Shantou | 孥囝 |
| Jieyang | 伲伲,阿伲,阿伲囝,阿孥,孥,擁噯 |
| Singapore(Teochew) | anak |
| Leizhou | 儂 |
| Haikou | 囝,儂 intimate |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan(Sanxiang) | 丫囝 |
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| Southern Pinghua | Nanning(Tingzi) | 娃娃 |
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| Wu | Shanghai | 小毛頭,小小囡,毛毛頭 |
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| Shanghai(Chongming) | 小小囡 |
| Suzhou | 小毛頭,毛毛頭,血泡泡 |
| Wuxi | 小佬小 |
| Changshu | 血毛毛 |
| Nantong(Haimen) | 小囡 |
| Changzhou | 寶寶 |
| Danyang | 小毛毛,毛毛,小毛頭,毛頭 |
| Nanjing(Gaochun) | 奶毛頭 |
| Hangzhou | 小毛頭兒,小毛頭,毛頭兒,毛毛頭 |
| Ningbo | 奶花,小毛頭,毛頭奶花,孲𤘅,抱手 |
| Wenzhou | 娒兒,娒娒兒 |
| Jinhua | 王男 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 毛毛,毛毛它,毛它 |
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| Loudi | 毛毛唧,毛毛 |
嬰
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji,shinjitai form𰋷)
- young child, newborn child
- used as western symbol♯ sharp to mark theaccidentals of musical notes
- necklace
- put around one's neck
FromMiddle Chinese嬰 (MC 'jieng).
Thekan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.
嬰• (ei)
- newbornbaby;infant
- surround
嬰• (ei)
- (music)sharp (♯)
- 嬰ヘ ―eihe ―F-sharp
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
嬰• (yeong) (hangeul영,revised yeong,McCune–Reischauer yŏng)
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嬰:Hán Việt readings:anh
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