盯

盯 U+76EF, 盯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76EF ← 目 [U+76EE] CJK Unified Ideographs 盰 → [U+76F0]

Translingual

Han character

盯 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+2, 7 strokes, Cangjie input 月山一弓 (BUMN), four-corner 6102₀, composition ⿰目丁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 799, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23111
• Dae Jaweon: page 1214, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2468, character 4
• Unihan data for U+76EF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		盯
2nd round simp.		丁
alternative forms		釘／钉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
圢	*tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋʔ
町	*tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ, *deːŋʔ
打	*rteŋʔ, *teːŋʔ
盯	*rteŋʔ, *rdeŋ
朾	*rteːŋ, *rdeːŋ
丁	*rteːŋ, *teːŋ
玎	*rteːŋ, *teːŋ
虰	*rdeːŋ, *tʰeŋ, *teːŋ
揨	*rdeːŋ
釘	*teːŋ, *teːŋs
靪	*teːŋ, *teːŋʔ
仃	*teːŋ
叮	*teːŋ
疔	*teːŋ
頂	*teːŋʔ
奵	*teːŋʔ
耵	*teːŋʔ
酊	*teːŋʔ
葶	*teːŋʔ, *deːŋ
矴	*teːŋs
訂	*teːŋs, *tʰeːŋ, *deːŋʔ
飣	*teːŋs
汀	*tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋs
艼	*tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ
庁	*tʰeːŋ
婷	*deːŋ
停	*deːŋ
聤	*deːŋ
渟	*deːŋ
楟	*deːŋ
亭	*deːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rteŋʔ, *rdeŋ): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 丁 (OC *rteːŋ, *teːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dīng (ding¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): din²

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): díng

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): dìn

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding¹ / deng¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): din¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tâng / tàng

  (Hailu, HRS): dang^ˋ / dang

  (Meixian, Guangdong): dang¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): dĭng / dáng / déng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deng⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tèng / teng / tàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dêng³ / dêng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ding
    • Wade–Giles: ting¹
    • Yale: dīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ding
    • Palladius: дин (din)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: din²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: din
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tin²¹/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: díng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ²⁴/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: dìn
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): din¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩ³¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ding¹ / deng¹
    • Yale: dīng / dēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding¹ / deng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding¹ / déng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ⁵⁵/, /tɛːŋ⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: din¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tin⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tâng / tàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: dang^ˊ / dang^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dang¹ / dang²
    • Sinological IPA: /taŋ²⁴/, /taŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: dang^ˋ / dang
    • Sinological IPA: /taŋ⁵³/, /taŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: dang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /taŋ⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dĭng / dáng / déng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵/, /tɑŋ²¹³/, /tɛiŋ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: de̍ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèng
    • Tâi-lô: tìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexng
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng
    • Tâi-lô: ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn
    • Tâi-lô: tàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tan²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁴¹/

Note:

• tèng/teng - literary;
• tàn - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: dêng³ / dêng¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tèng / teng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /teŋ²¹³/, /teŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tin
    • MiniDict: tin^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tin⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: draeng, traengX

Rime
Character	盯	盯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	直庚切	張梗切
Baxter	draeng	traengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠæŋ/	/ʈˠæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚaŋ/	/ʈᵚaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡaŋ/	/ȶaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖaɨjŋ/	/ʈaɨjŋX/
Li Rong	/ȡɐŋ/	/ȶɐŋX/
Wang Li	/ȡɐŋ/	/ȶɐŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱɐŋ/	/ȶɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	zhěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cang4	zang2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rteŋʔ/, /*rdeŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盯	盯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2369	2370
Phonetic component	丁	丁
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	盯	棖
Old Chinese	/*rteŋʔ/	/*rdeŋ/
Notes	變音

Definitions

盯

1. to gaze upon; to keep eyes on; to stare at

Synonyms

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• 凝目 (níngmù) (literary)
• 凝眸 (níngmóu) (literary)
• 凝視 / 凝视 (níngshì)
• 啤 (Cantonese)
• 注目 (zhùmù)
• 注視 / 注视 (zhùshì)
• 盯視 / 盯视 (dīngshì)
• 𥇣 (gwat⁶) (Cantonese)
• 金金看 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 金金相 (Hokkien)

Compounds

• 盯人
• 盯人防守
• 盯梢 (dīngshāo)
• 緊迫盯人 / 紧迫盯人

Japanese

Kanji

盯

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to stare, to fix one's eyes on

Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)
• On: とう (tō)

Compounds

• 盯𥋝 (とうぼう - to stare intently)

Vietnamese

Han character

盯: Hán Nôm readings: đinh

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