栄

Etymology 1
From.

Affix

 * 1) honour; glory
 * 2) flourishing; prosperous
 * 3)  lush; luxuriant

Noun

 * 1)  honour, glory

Etymology 3
Nominalization of the of verb.

Etymology 4
Invented for Japanese mahjong by Rin Mokō 林茂光 from such a call from some regions of China, after he found that the usual call in  was problematic for Japanese speakers. He adopted the character 栄 as ateji, but later discovered that the original character for this sound was. Nevertheless, the character 栄 remained and was accepted as standard.

Noun

 * 1)   a win by picking up an opponent's discarded tile
 * 2)  a call for such a win