瞼

See also 睑

Translingual

Han character

瞼 (radical 109 目+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月山人一人 (BUOMO), four-corner 6808₆)

1. eyelid

References

• KangXi: page 819, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23744
• Dae Jaweon: page 1231, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2518, character 6
• Unihan data for U+77BC

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Cantonese

Hanzi

瞼 (simplified 睑, Yale gim2)

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Japanese

Kanji

瞼 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. eyelid

Readings

• On: けん (ken)
• Kun: まぶた (mabuta)

Etymology

Compound of 目 (ma, “eye”) +‎ 蓋 (futa, “lid”).

Noun

瞼 (hiragana まぶた, romaji mabuta)

1. (anatomy) eyelid
2. (figuratively) memory

Alternative forms

• 目蓋
• 眼蓋

Idioms

• 瞼が重い (mabuta ga omoi): to be sleepy
• 瞼の母 (mabuta no haha): the memory of one's mother
• 瞼に浮かぶ (mabuta ni ukabu): to come to mind
• 瞼に残る (mabuta ni nokoru): to remain in memory, to live on in one's mind

Synonyms

• (memory): 記憶 (きおく, kioku)
• (memory): 覚え (おぼえ, oboe)
• (memory): 物覚え (ものおぼえ, monooboe)

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Korean

Hanja

瞼 (hangeul 검, revised geom, McCune-Reischauer kŏm, Yale kem)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

瞼 (simplified 睑, pinyin jiǎn (jian3), Wade-Giles chien³)