英雄

Chinese
 
flower; hero; brave
flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
 heroic; male
trad. (英雄) 英 雄
simp. #(英雄) 英 雄
2nd round simp. 英厷

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 英 雄
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 庚 (111) 東 (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 於驚切 羽弓切
Baxter 'jaeng hjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔˠiæŋ/ /ɦɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔᵚiaŋ/ /ɦiuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiaŋ/ /ɣiuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔiajŋ/ /ɦuwŋ/
Li
Rong		 /ʔiɐŋ/ /ɣiuŋ/
Wang
Li		 /ĭɐŋ/ /ɣĭuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔi̯ɐŋ/ /i̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yīng yóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jing1 jung4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 英 雄
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yīng xióng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔjæng › ‹ hjuwng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔ<r>aŋ/ /*[ɢ]ʷəŋ/
English young grass plants male

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 英 雄
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14510 4140
Phonetic
component		 央 厷
Rime
group		 陽 蒸
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 霙 雄
Old
Chinese		 /*qraŋ/ /*ɡʷɯŋ/

Noun

英雄

  1. (literally, martial arts, figuratively) hero
    傳說中的英雄／传说中的英雄  ―  chuánshuō zhōng de yīngxióng  ―  legendary hero
    平民英雄  ―  píngmín yīngxióng  ―  everyday hero
    英雄豪傑／英雄豪杰  ―  yīngxióng háojié  ―  heroes
    人民英雄永垂不朽。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Rénmín yīngxióng yǒngchuíbùxiǔ. [Pinyin]
    Eternal glory to the people’s heroes.

Synonyms

Adjective

英雄

  1. (attributive) heroic
    英雄事蹟／英雄事迹  ―  yīngxióng shìjì  ―  heroic deed
    英雄的中國人民／英雄的中国人民  ―  yīngxióng de Zhōngguó rénmín  ―  heroic Chinese people
    武漢是英雄的城市。 [MSC, trad.]
    武汉是英雄的城市。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǔhàn shì yīngxióng de chéngshì. [Pinyin]
    Wuhan is a heroic city.

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (英雄):

Others:

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
英 雄
えい
Grade: 4		 ゆう
Grade: S
kan’on

Pronunciation

Noun

英(えい)雄(ゆう) • (eiyū) ←えいゆう (eyuu)?

  1. hero
    Synonym: ヒーロー (hīrō)
Derived terms
Idioms
  • 英(えい)雄(ゆう)色(いろ)を好(この)む (eiyū iro o konomu)
  • 英(えい)雄(ゆう)人(ひと)を欺(あざむ)く (eiyū hito o azamuku)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
英 雄
ひで
Grade: 4		 お
Grade: S
nanori

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ひでお [hìdéó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [çide̞o̞]

Proper noun

英(ひで)雄(お) • (Hideo) 

  1. a male given name

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
英雄

Noun

英雄 • (yeong'ung) (hangeul 영웅)

  1. Hanja form? of 영웅 (“hero”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
英雄

Adjective

英雄

  1. chữ Hán form of anh hùng (“heroic”).

Noun

英雄

  1. chữ Hán form of anh hùng (“hero”).
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