營
yíng

camp

Phonosemantic compound. 宮 represents the meaning and 𤇾 represents the sound.

Components

𤇾
𤇾 Sound component
yìng glimmer
宮
宮 Meaning component
gōng palace

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

巆

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyweng[ɢ]ʷeŋ demarcate, encamp

說文解字

市居也。从宮，熒省聲。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

营 yíng camp Simplified

Simplified form of 營. Phonosemantic compound. 宮 represents the meaning and 荧 represents the sound.

Components

荧
荧 SoundRemnant component
yíng, xíng, jiǒng glimmer
宮
宮 Meaning component
gōng palace

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode