tǎng​yíng

effortless victory

tǎng lie down

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shēn body
Sound component
shàng, shang esteem

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰaːŋʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

yíng win Simplified

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𣎆 represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
bèi sea shell

Shells were used as currency in ancient China.

𣎆
𣎆 Sound component
luò legendary animal
Change in sound

Sources

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

win Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𣎆 represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
bèi sea shell

Shells were used as currency in ancient China.

𣎆
𣎆 Sound component
luò legendary animal
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyeng[ɢ]eŋ profit; surplus

說文解字

《說文》:“贏,有餘賈利也。从貝,聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica