営

営

See also: 營 and 营

営 U+55B6, 営 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55B6 ← 喵 [U+55B5] CJK Unified Ideographs 喷 → [U+55B7]

🈺 U+1F23A, 🈺 SQUARED CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55B6 ← 🈹 [U+1F239] Enclosed Ideographic Supplement 🈻 → [U+1F23B]

Translingual

Traditional	營
Shinjitai	営
Simplified	营

Han character

営 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火月口竹口 (FBRHR) or 火月口口 (FBRR), composition ⿱𰃮吕(GH) or ⿱龸呂(T) or ⿱𰃮呂(JK))

Derived characters

• 𮉇

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 201, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4025
• Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 661, character 8
• Unihan data for U+55B6

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 営 – see 營 (“encampment; barracks; battalion; etc.”). (This character, 営, is a variant form of 營.)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	営
Kyūjitai	營

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai. Simplified from 營 (炏 → 𭕄).

Kanji

営

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 營)

1. manage

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)
• Kan-on: えい (ei, Jōyō)
• Kun: いとなむ (itonamu, 営む, Jōyō); いとなみ (itonami, 営み)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
営
えい Grade: 5
kan’on

Alternative spelling
營 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 營 (MC jwiᴇŋ).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) え​ー [éꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [e̞ː]

Affix

営(えい) • (ei) 

1. build; construct
2. run; operate; manage
3. (military) camp

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 営力(えいりょく) (eiryoku): geomorphic agent
• 営業(えいぎょう) (eigyō): business, trade

Noun

営(えい) • (ei) 

1. (military) camp

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN