英
英 — yeong
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 꽃부리 영
- Romanization
- yeong
- English
- petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English
- Mandarin
- yīng
- Japanese on'yomi
- エイ, オウ, ヨウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- はなぶさ
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #430 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艸 (140, 5 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 央(앙)
- Unicode
- U+82F1
Parts that make up 英
How 英 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 英 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 央.
Korean example words with 英
- 영령英領 Korean gloss: 영국의 영토
- 영시英詩 Korean gloss: 영어로 쓴 시
- 영역英譯 Korean gloss: 영어로 번역함
- 영자英姿 Korean gloss: 매우 늠름한 자태
- 영자英資 Korean gloss: 매우 훌륭한 자질
- 영작英作 Korean gloss: 영어로 글을 지음
- 영명英名 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 명성이나 명예
- 영사英士 Korean gloss: 뛰어나게 훌륭한 사람
- 영주英主 Korean gloss: 뛰어나게 훌륭한 임금
- 영단英斷 Korean gloss: 지혜롭고 용기 있는 결단
- 영풍英風 Korean gloss: 영웅스러운 모습이나 자세
- 영기英氣 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 기상과 재기(才氣)
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 英
- 英語えいご English (language)
- 英雄えいゆう hero; heroine; great person
- 育英いくえい education of gifted young people; providing financial support to gifted students; education
- 英文えいぶん English writing; English sentence; English text
- 英字えいじ English letter; alphabetic character
- 英和えいわ English-Japanese; English-Japanese dictionary
- 英明えいめい intelligent; wise; bright
- 英訳えいやく English translation
- 英知えいち wisdom; intelligence; sagacity
- 英文学えいぶんがく English(-language) literature; British literature
- 英断えいだん firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step
- 和英わえい Japanese-English; Japanese-English dictionary
Characters sharing the phonetic 央
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “앙” in Korean.
Other hanja read “영”
Other hanja with radical 艸
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences