荥

荥 · xíng

a county in Henan; the rising and dashing of waves

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

a county in Henan; the rising and dashing of waves

Mandarin
xíng
Cantonese
jing4

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8365
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
10 · Unihan
Residual
6

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

9 strokes
荥
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

9 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. This sequence has 9 strokes where Unihan counts 10; conventions count some components differently. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿱𫇦水(G)
⿱艹𠕽(X)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 荥

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

滎

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
xíng
kCantonese
jing4
kDefinition
a county in Henan; the rising and dashing of waves
kTotalStrokes
10
kRSUnicode
140.6 85.6
kTraditionalVariant
U+6ECE
kTGH
2013:4130

Readings across dictionaries

Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
xíng 1290.020 · yíng 1387.040
Tongyong Guifan · 2013
xíng 409.050 · yíng 439.170
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

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Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
6dictionary records using 荥0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
𫇦 above 水 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿱𫇦水$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𫇦水$(G)

^⿱艹𠕽$(X)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.