盈

盈 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓尸月廿 (NSBT), four-corner 1710₇, composition ⿱夃皿)

1. fill
2. full, overflowing
3. surplus
4. (of the Moon) to wax

• 𡎠 㨕 溋 楹 𥈱 䋼 㵬 𨩙 𧀟 戤 𤔷 𡺦 萾

• 𛀏

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 793, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22961
• Dae Jaweon: page 1208, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2558, character 12
• Unihan data for U+76C8

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 夃 (“exceed/augment”) + 皿 (“vessel”) – to add too much (liquid) to a vessel.

Compare Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(p/b)liŋ (“full; fill”), whence Chepang ब्‍लीङ्‌सा (bliŋ‑, “to be full; fill”), Burmese ပြည့် (prany., “to be full”), Burmese ဖြည့် (hprany., “to add”) (Schuessler, 2007, STEDT). An allofam is perhaps 孕 (OC *lɯŋs, “pregnant”), as well as 填 (OC *diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins, “to fill up”) (Schuessler, 2007).

盈

1. to fill; to be full of; to be filled with

   車馬盈門／车马盈门  ―  chēmǎyíngmén  ―  to have many guests (literally, “vehicles and horses fill the door”)

   • 我倉既盈，我庾維憶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     我仓既盈，我庾维忆。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wǒ cāng jì yíng, wǒ yǔ wéi yì. [Pinyin]

     When our barns are full,
     And our stacks can be counted by tens of myriads.

   • 恩典白白給予，令我盈淚眼珠。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     恩典白白给予，令我盈泪眼珠。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2006, 劉殷傑 [Jackie Lau], 數算奇異恩典 [Count His Grace]

     jan¹ din² baak⁶ baak⁶ kap¹ jyu⁵, ling⁶ ngo⁵ jing⁴ leoi⁶ ngaan⁵ zyu¹. [Jyutping]

     Grace He freely gives me, causing my eyes to be filled with tears.

2. to have a surplus; to have excess

   盈餘／盈余  ―  yíngyú  ―  surplus

3. (of a person's body, or handwriting) well-developed; full-grown; shapely; curvaceous; plump

   豐盈／丰盈  ―  fēngyíng  ―  full and round

4. (obsolete) vigorous; exuberant

   • 彼竭我盈，故克之。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bǐ jié wǒ yíng, gù kè zhī. [Pinyin]

     With our spirit at the highest pitch we fell on them with their spirit exhausted; and so we conquered them.

5. (literary) to reach

   • 且年未盈五十，而諄諄焉如八九十者，弗能久矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     且年未盈五十，而谆谆焉如八九十者，弗能久矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qiě nián wèi yíng wǔshí, ér zhūnzhūn yān rú bā jiǔshí zhě, fú néng jiǔ yǐ. [Pinyin]

     And moreover, though his years are not yet fifty, he keeps repeating the same thing like a man of eighty or ninety—he cannot endure long.

   • 連峰去天不盈尺，枯松倒掛倚絕壁。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     连峰去天不盈尺，枯松倒挂倚绝壁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. early 8th century, Li Bai (李白), 《蜀道難》

     Liánfēng qù tiān bù yíng chǐ, kūsōng dǎoguà yǐ juébì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. (literary) to increase
7. (obsolete) proud; arrogant

   • 天道虧盈而益謙，地道變盈而流謙，鬼神害盈而福謙，人道惡盈而好謙。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天道亏盈而益谦，地道变盈而流谦，鬼神害盈而福谦，人道恶盈而好谦。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Tiāndào kuī yíng ér yì qiān, dìdào biàn yíng ér liú qiān, guǐshén hài yíng ér fú qiān, réndào wù yíng ér hào qiān. [Pinyin]

     It is the way of heaven to diminish the full and augment the humble. It is the way of earth to overthrow the full and replenish the humble. Spiritual Beings inflict calamity on the full and bless the humble. It is the way of men to hate the full and love the humble.

8. a surname

• (to fill): 充滿／充满 (chōngmǎn), (literary) 充牣 (chōngrèn)
• (well-developed): (literary) 充盈 (chōngyíng), 豐滿／丰满 (fēngmǎn)

• (antonym(s) of “to have a surplus”): (literary, or in compounds) 虧／亏 (kuī)

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. fill
2. surplus

• Go-on: よう (yō)
• Kan-on: えい (ei)
• Kun: みちる (michiru); みたす (mitasu); みつ (mitsu)
• Nanori: みち (michi); みちる (michiru); みつ (mitsu); みつる (mitsuru)

From Middle Chinese 盈 (MC yeng).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

• IPA^(key): [e̞ː]

盈(えい) • (ei) 

1. to be full; to be filled; (of moon) to wax

盈 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune–Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)

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盈: Hán Nôm readings: dềnh, doanh, giềng, diềng, riêng

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