眭

See also: 睚

眭 U+772D, 眭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-772D ← 眬 [U+772C] CJK Unified Ideographs 眮 → [U+772E]

Translingual

Han character

眭 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月山土土 (BUGG), four-corner 6401₄, composition ⿰目圭)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 806, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23276
• Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2484, character 8
• Unihan data for U+772D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		眭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
街	*kreː, *kreː
鞋	*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖	*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	*qreː, *qʷraː
胿	*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙	*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃	*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥	*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓	*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huī, suī (hui¹, sui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ, ㄙㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huei
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹
    • Yale: hwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suei
    • Wade–Giles: sui¹
    • Yale: swēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suei
    • Palladius: суй (suj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seoi¹
    • Yale: sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjwie, xjwij

Rime
Character	眭	眭
Reading #	1/4	3/4
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	支 (12)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許規切	許維切
Baxter	xjwie	xjwij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hiuᴇ/	/hiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiɛ/	/hʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/xjuɛ/	/xjuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwiə̆/	/hwi/
Li Rong	/xiue/	/xui/
Wang Li	/xǐwe/	/xwi/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwie̯/	/xwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huī	huī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai1	fai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷe/, /*qʰʷi/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	眭	眭
Reading #	3/4	4/4
No.	4596	4599
Phonetic component	圭	圭
Rime group	支	脂
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	隓	倠
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷe/	/*qʰʷi/
Notes	見淮南子	見淮南子

Definitions

眭

1. (literary, rare) with a deep gaze

   • 眭然能視 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     眭然能视 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     suī rán néng shì [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Suī (Sui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Suī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Suei
    • Wade–Giles: Sui¹
    • Yale: Swēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Suei
    • Palladius: Суй (Suj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seoi¹
    • Yale: sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sui
    • Tâi-lô: Sui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sui⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sjwe

Rime
Character	眭
Reading #	2/4
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息爲切
Baxter	sjwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swiə̆/
Li Rong	/siue/
Wang Li	/sǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/swie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰʷe/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	眭
Reading #	2/4
No.	4594
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	眭
Old Chinese	/*sqʰʷe/
Notes	漢姓

Definitions

眭

1. a surname

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		眭
alternative forms		𥍋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xié (xie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sié
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²
    • Yale: syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwai⁴
    • Yale: kwàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hwej

Rime
Character	眭
Reading #	4/4
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	戸圭切
Baxter	hwej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwei/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷei/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛj/
Li Rong	/ɣuei/
Wang Li	/ɣiwei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiwei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	眭
Reading #	1/4
No.	4592
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	攜
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeː/
Notes	見淮南子

Definitions

眭

1. (obsolete, rare) to look with a deep vicious gaze

Usage notes

• Some dictionaries, such as the Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), treat this as the same word as in etymology 1.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 眭 – see 𥉖. (This character is a variant form of 𥉖).

References

• 丁度 et al., editors (1037), 《集韻》
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02868

Japanese

Kanji

眭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)、けい (kei)、え (e)、すい (sui)

Vietnamese

Han character

眭: Hán Nôm readings: vờ, khóe/khoé

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