榮

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: 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

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Chinese

trad.		榮
simp.		荣
alternative forms		栄 calligraphic

Glyph origin

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

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): róng (rong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): ün²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): iung⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yùng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yung²

• Min Bei (KCR): ě̤ng
• Min Dong (BUC): ìng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): êng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iong⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): hhion (T3)
• Xiang (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)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁴
    • Yale: wìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: iung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iuŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: iungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /iʊŋ¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ě̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /œyŋ²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (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
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhion (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦi̯ʊŋ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: yn²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn¹³/

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• Dialectal data

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 (Min Nan)	/iŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/yŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/œyŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ioŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/zɔŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦˠwiæŋ/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠwiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wing4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[N-qʷ]reŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷreŋ/

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/

Definitions

榮

1. glory; honour
2. to flourish; to prosper
3. a surname

   榮毅仁／荣毅仁  ―  Róng Yìrén  ―  Rong Yiren (Vice President of the People's Republic of China, 1993-19988)

4. (～縣) Rong County, Zigong, Sichuan

Compounds

Derived terms from 榮

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 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) 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) 萬榮／万荣 (Wànróng) 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 (yījǐnróngguī) 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], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	栄
Kyūjitai	榮

Kanji

榮

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, 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, historical)←は𛀁 (faye, ancient)}; はえる (haeru, 榮える)

Definitions

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

【栄えい】4 [affix] honour; glory [affix] flourishing; prosperous [affix] (of vegetation) lush; luxuriant [noun] (literary) honour, glory 【栄さかえ】4 [proper noun] a male given name [proper noun] a surname 【栄ロン】4 [noun] (mahjong) Short for 栄和 (ronhō): a win by picking up an opponent's discarded tile [noun] (mahjong) a call for such a win

(This term, 榮, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

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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”)

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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