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迎

迎 U+8FCE, 迎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FCE ← 迍 [U+8FCD] CJK Unified Ideographs 迏 → [U+8FCF]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

迎 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+4, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 7 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜竹女中 (YHVL), four-corner 3730₂, composition ⿺辶卬)

Derived characters

• 𠶐, 𭪧, 𫤏, 𨓑, 𥈁

References

• KangXi: page 1254, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38748
• Dae Jaweon: page 1736, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3821, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8FCE

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 迎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
卬	*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ
枊	*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaːŋs
昂	*ŋaːŋ
仰	*ŋaŋʔ, *ŋaŋs
迎	*ŋaŋ, *ŋraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋaŋ, *ŋraŋs) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 卬 (OC *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋra-k/ŋ (“to meet; to encounter”). Cognate with Burmese ငြင်း (ngrang:, “to refuse to obey; to argue”). Within Chinese, it is related to:

• 禦 (OC *ŋaʔ, *ŋas, “to defend”)
• 迕 (OC *ŋaːs, “to meet; to go against”)
• 迓 (OC *ŋraːs, “to receive; to defend”)
• 溯 (OC *sŋaːɡs, “to go upstream”)
• 逆 (OC *ŋraɡ, “to greet; to go against; to resist”)

Pronunciation 1

trad.		迎
simp. #		迎
2nd round simp.		迊

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yíng (ying²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йин (yin, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiàng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiang²

• Jin (Wiktionary): ing¹
• Min Dong (BUC): ngiàng / ngìng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ngiâ / gêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngêng⁵ / ngiêng⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): nyin (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): in²

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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/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йин (yin, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴
    • Yale: yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiang²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯aŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiang²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲiaŋ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ing¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ĩŋ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngiàng / ngìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiaŋ⁵³/, /ŋiŋ⁵³/

Note:

• ngiàng - vernacular (“to parade through the streets; to become dry; to stick up”);
• ngìng - literary (“to welcome, to meet; to face; to flatter”).

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngiâ
    • Tâi-lô: ngiâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngiaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋiã¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /ŋiã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋiã²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng
    • Tâi-lô: gîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: geeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴/

Note:

• ngiâ - vernacular (“to parade through the streets; to meet, to greet”);
• gêng - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngêng⁵ / ngiêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngêng / ngiêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋeŋ⁵⁵/, /ŋieŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• ngêng5 - Shantou;
• ngiêng5 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: nyin (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲɪɲ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: in²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋˠiæŋ/

Rime
Character	迎
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	語京切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ŋiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ<r>aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	迎
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yíng
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ<r>aŋ/
English	go to meet
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	迎
Reading #	1/2
No.	34
Phonetic component	卬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	迎
Old Chinese	/*ŋaŋ/

Definitions

迎

1. to receive; to welcome; to greet; to meet

   歡迎／欢迎  ―  huānyíng  ―  welcome

2. to flatter; to ingratiate with
3. to face; to go against; to do something in face of ...; to forge ahead

   迎著風跑／迎著风跑  ―  yíngzhe fēng pǎo  ―  to run against the wind

4. (Min) to escort (a god, hero etc.) through the streets; to parade through the streets
5. (Min Dong, of food) to become dry (due to exposure to the wind)
6. (Min Dong, of hair) to stick up; to become erect
7. a surname

Usage notes

In the sense to face, often followed by 著／着 (zhe).

Synonyms

• (to face):

edit

朝向 (cháoxiàng) 直面 (zhímiàn) 面向 (miànxiàng)

正視／正视 (zhèngshì) 瀕臨／濒临 (bīnlín) 直視／直视 (zhíshì)

面對／面对 (miànduì) 面臨／面临 (miànlín)

Compounds

Derived terms from 迎

倒屣相迎 倒屣而迎 倒屣迎之 倒履相迎 出迎 (chūyíng) 大迎枕 失迎 (shīyíng) 奉迎 (fèngyíng) 奔走逢迎 恭迎 (gōngyíng) 承迎 揣合逢迎 曲意逢迎 (qūyìféngyíng) 水送山迎 迎候 (yínghòu) 迎刃而解 (yíngrèn'érjiě) 迎合 (yínghé) 迎向 迎娶 (yíngqǔ) 迎婿日 迎年 迎意承旨 迎手 迎接 (yíngjiē) 迎新 (yíngxīn)

迎新送故 迎春 (yíngchūn) 迎春花 (yíngchūnhuā) 迎睇 迎神 (yíngshén) 迎紫姑 迎迓 (yíngyà) 迎阿 迎面 (yíngmiàn) 送故迎新 逢迎 (féngyíng) 逢迎色笑 郊迎 倒屣迎賓／倒屣迎宾 善氣迎人／善气迎人 夾道歡迎／夹道欢迎 弔賀迎送／吊贺迎送 承順逢迎／承顺逢迎 擁彗迎門／拥彗迎门 歡迎／欢迎 (huānyíng) 竭誠歡迎／竭诚欢迎 賣俏迎奸／卖俏迎奸 迎來送往／迎来送往 迎妝／迎妆 迎姦賣俏／迎奸卖俏

迎戰／迎战 (yíngzhàn) 迎擊／迎击 (yíngjī) 迎敵／迎敌 (yíngdí) 迎新送舊／迎新送旧 迎會／迎会 迎歡買俏／迎欢买俏 迎神賽會／迎神赛会 (yíngshén sàihuì) 迎親／迎亲 (yíngqīn) 迎賓／迎宾 (yíngbīn) 迎難而上／迎难而上 (yíngnán'érshàng) 迎靈／迎灵 迎頭／迎头 (yíngtóu) 迎頭兒／迎头儿 迎頭棒喝／迎头棒喝 迎頭痛擊／迎头痛击 (yíngtóutòngjī) 迎頭趕上／迎头赶上 (yíngtóu gǎnshàng) 迎風／迎风 (yíngfēng) 迎風冒雪／迎风冒雪 迎風待月／迎风待月 迎風搖曳／迎风摇曳 迎養／迎养 (yíngyǎng) 送往迎來／送往迎来 送舊迎新／送旧迎新 遠迎／远迎 阿諛逢迎／阿谀逢迎

Pronunciation 2

trad.		迎
simp. #		迎

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìng (ying⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìng
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴
    • Yale: yìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinq
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁶
    • Yale: yihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋˠiæŋ^H/

Rime
Character	迎
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚敬切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋiajŋH/
Li Rong	/ŋiɐŋH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɐŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ<r>aŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋraŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	迎
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yìng
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjængH ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ<r>aŋ-s/
English	go to meet
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	迎
Reading #	2/2
No.	35
Phonetic component	卬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	迎
Old Chinese	/*ŋraŋs/

Definitions

迎

1. ^† to prepare to greet a guest before their arrival
2. 42nd tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝌯)

Compounds

Derived terms from 迎

親迎／亲迎

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Japanese

Shinjitai	迎
Kyūjitai [1]	迎󠄁 迎+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	迎󠄃 迎+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

迎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. welcome
2. to meet
3. to greet

Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)
• Kan-on: げい (gei, Jōyō)
• Kun: むかえる (mukaeru, 迎える, Jōyō); むかえ (mukae, 迎え)

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
迎
むかい Grade: S
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
迎
むかえ Grade: S
kun’yomi

迎(むかえ) or 迎(むかい) • (Mukae or Mukai) 

1. a surname

References

1. “迎”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

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Korean

Hanja

迎 (eumhun 맞을 영 (majeul yeong))

1. Hanja form^? of 영 (“to meet; to greet; welcome”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

迎: Hán Nôm readings: nghênh, ngảnh, nghểnh, nghiêng, nginh

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