瞍

瞍 U+778D, 瞍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-778D ← 瞌 [U+778C] CJK Unified Ideographs 瞎 → [U+778E]

Translingual

Han character

瞍 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹難水 (BUHXE), four-corner 6704₇, composition ⿰目叟)

1. blind
2. senior
3. shrink

Derived characters

• 𤁨

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 814, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23581
• Dae Jaweon: page 1228, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2502, character 12
• Unihan data for U+778D

Chinese

trad.		瞍
simp. #		瞍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
㮴	*suːw
艘	*suːw, *sɯːw
嫂	*suːwʔ
瞍	*sɯːw, *suːʔ
謏	*slɯːwʔ, *suːʔ, *suːs, *srɯwɢ
叜	*sluːʔ
叟	*suːʔ
傁	*suːʔ
廋	*suːʔ, *sru
醙	*suʔ, *sru
遚	*sʰrus
餿	*sru
搜	*sru
颼	*sru
溲	*sru, *sruʔ
鎪	*sru
獀	*sru
鄋	*sru
螋	*sru, *sro
騪	*sru
瘦	*srus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɯːw, *suːʔ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 叟 (OC *suːʔ)。

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǒu (sou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): só͘ / só

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǒu
    • Wade–Giles: sou³
    • Yale: sǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soou
    • Palladius: соу (sou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau²
    • Yale: sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘
    • Tâi-lô: sóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só
    • Tâi-lô: só
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: sew

Rime
Character	瞍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蘇彫切
Baxter	sew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seu/
Pan Wuyun	/seu/
Shao Rongfen	/seu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛw/
Li Rong	/seu/
Wang Li	/sieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/sieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːw/, /*suːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瞍	瞍
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12067	12071
Phonetic component	叟	叟
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	蕭	叜
Old Chinese	/*sɯːw/	/*suːʔ/

Definitions

瞍

1. blind person

Compounds

• 矇瞍／蒙瞍
• 蒙瞍

 

Japanese

Kanji

瞍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. blind
2. no pupil in the eye

Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō); す (su); しょう (shō)
• Kun: めくら (mekura)

Korean

Hanja

瞍 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

1. blind
2. no pupil in the eye