睛

睛 U+775B, 睛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-775B ← 睚 [U+775A] CJK Unified Ideographs 睜 → [U+775C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

睛 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月山手一月 (BUQMB), four-corner 6502₇, composition ⿰目青)

Derived characters

• 𤀜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 810, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23438
• Dae Jaweon: page 1225, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2493, character 12
• Unihan data for U+775B

Chinese

trad.		睛
simp. #		睛
2nd round simp.		𰥕
alternative forms		精

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (生) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
猜	*sʰlɯː
輤	*sʰleːns
綪	*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩	*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈	*sʰleːns
蒨	*sʰeːns
篟	*sʰeːns
生	*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲	*sreŋ
笙	*sreŋ
甥	*sreŋ
鉎	*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄	*sreŋ
鼪	*sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩	*sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌	*sreŋ
眚	*sreŋʔ
貹	*sreŋs
崝	*zreːŋ
精	*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁	*ʔsleŋ
鶄	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱	*ʔsleŋ
婧	*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐	*ʔsleŋ
聙	*ʔsleŋ
旌	*ʔsleŋ
清	*sʰleŋ
圊	*sʰleŋ
請	*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊	*sʰleŋs
䝼	*zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚	*zleŋs
情	*zleŋ
晴	*zleŋ
夝	*zleŋ
靜	*zleŋʔ
靖	*zleŋʔ
睲	*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺	*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性	*sleŋs
姓	*sleŋs
靗	*l̥ʰeŋs
鯖	*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青	*sʰleːŋ
靘	*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅	*sʰleːŋs
胜	*sleːŋ
曐	*sleːŋ
星	*sleːŋ
鮏	*sleːŋ
腥	*seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹	*seːŋ
醒	*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂	*seːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ) : semantic 目 + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jīng (jing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jin¹

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җин (žin, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng
• Jin (Wiktionary): jing¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): cĭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹cin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jing
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jing
    • Palladius: цзин (czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jin¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җин (žin, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jing¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕĩŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹cin
    • MiniDict: cin^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjeng

Rime
Character	睛
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子盈切
Baxter	tsjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	睛
Reading #	1/2
No.	11333
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	精
Old Chinese	/*ʔsleŋ/

Definitions

睛

1. eyeball
2. pupil of eye

Compounds

• 不轉睛／不转睛
• 不長眼睛／不长眼睛
• 偷睛
• 停睛
• 凝睛
• 努睛突眼
• 守睛
• 定性睜睛／定性睁睛
• 定睛 (dìngjīng)
• 定睛一相
• 定睛一看
• 定睛細看／定睛细看
• 張眼露睛／张眼露睛
• 張睛／张睛
• 悍睛
• 有眼睛
• 溜眼睛
• 火眼金睛
• 畫龍點睛／画龙点睛 (huàlóngdiǎnjīng)
• 目不轉睛／目不转睛 (mù bù zhuǎn jīng)
• 目亂睛迷／目乱睛迷
• 目睛
• 眼不回睛
• 眼不轉睛／眼不转睛
• 眼睛
• 眼睛珠
• 眼睛珠子
• 眼睛發白／眼睛发白
• 眼睛頭／眼睛头
• 睛球
• 睛球座
• 瞳睛
• 貓睛／猫睛
• 貓睛石／猫睛石
• 輪睛鼓眼／轮睛鼓眼
• 轉睛／转睛
• 迴睛／回睛
• 通睛
• 重睛
• 金剛眼睛／金刚眼睛
• 金睛
• 青睛
• 鶻睛／鹘睛
• 點睛／点睛 (diǎnjīng)
• 鼓眼努睛
• 鼓睛暴眼
• 龍睛／龙睛
• 龍睛魚／龙睛鱼
• 龍睛鳳頸／龙睛凤颈

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐng (qing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing³
    • Yale: chǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiing
    • Palladius: цин (cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing²
    • Yale: chíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng
    • Tâi-lô: tshíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjengX

Rime
Character	睛
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七靜切
Baxter	tshjengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiajŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɛŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭɛŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰleŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	睛
Reading #	2/2
No.	11341
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	請
Old Chinese	/*sʰleŋʔ/

Definitions

睛

1. (literary) Only used in 眳睛.

Pronunciation 3

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhéng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng
    • Tâi-lô: tshíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³/

Definitions

睛

1. (Hokkien) Only used in 覷睛／觑睛.

References

• “睛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

睛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: ひとみ (hitomi, 睛)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 睛 (MC tsjeng). Recorded as Middle Korean 져ᇰ (cyeng) (Yale: cyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

睛 (eumhun 눈동자 정 (nundongja jeong))

1. Hanja form^? of 정 (“pupil”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 안정 (眼睛, anjeong)
• 화룡점정 (畫龍點睛, hwaryongjeomjeong)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]