眼
See also: 眠
Translingual
Han character
眼 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月山日女 (BUAV), four-corner 67032, composition ⿰目艮)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 807, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23318
- Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2488, character 4
- Unihan data for U+773C
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
眼 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 艱 | *krɯːn |
| 齦 | *kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn |
| 眼 | *ŋrɯːnʔ |
| 蛝 | *ɡrɯːn |
| 限 | *ɡrɯːnʔ |
| 硍 | *ɡrɯːnʔ |
| 豤 | *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn |
| 詪 | *ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns |
| 根 | *kɯːn |
| 跟 | *kɯːn |
| 珢 | *kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn |
| 艮 | *kɯːns |
| 茛 | *kɯːns |
| 墾 | *kʰɯːnʔ |
| 懇 | *kʰɯːnʔ |
| 垠 | *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn |
| 泿 | *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn |
| 痕 | *ɡɯːn |
| 拫 | *ɡɯːn |
| 鞎 | *ɡɯːn |
| 很 | *ɡɯːnʔ |
| 恨 | *ɡɯːns |
| 銀 | *ŋrɯn |
| 檭 | *ŋrɯn |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋrɯːnʔ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns).
Etymology 1
Derived from Etymology 2. Displaced common Sino-Tibetan 目 (OC *muɡ, “eye”) in many dialects.
Pronunciation
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Definitions
- (anatomy) eye (Classifier: 隻／只; 雙／双)
- See also: 目
- † to see; to view; to see ... in person
- † to keep sight of; to monitor; to watch
- sight; vision
- Classifier for actions of the eye.
- † to testify; to witness
- eyelet; aperture; hole; opening
- tempo in the opera 一板三眼 ― yībǎnsānyǎn ― one strong beat and three weak beats in the four-beat rhythm The strongest beat of a measure is called a plate 板 (bǎn), and other weak beats are called an eye 眼 (yǎn).
- territory in game Go (board game).
- † loophole; shortcoming
- † bubbles of boiling water
- mesh
- key point; critical moment
- (go) trap
- Classifier for springs, wells and ponds.
- (Cantonese) Classifier for lamps.
- (Cantonese) Classifier for needles.
Synonyms
Compounds
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Etymology 2
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wǔn
- Wade–Giles: wên3
- Yale: wěn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woen
- Palladius: вэнь (vɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wən²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ěn
- Wade–Giles: ên3
- Yale: ěn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: een
- Palladius: энь (enʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀən²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ngan5 / jan2
- Yale: ngáhn / yán
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngan5 / jan2
- Guangdong Romanization: ngen5 / yen2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɐn¹³/, /jɐn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
- † protruding; bulging (like bulging eyes)
Japanese
Kanji
眼
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Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 眼 |
| まなこ Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi |
Compound of 目 (ma, “eye”) + の (no, genitive case) + 子 (ko, nominalizing suffix). Initial ma is the unbound form of 目 (me, id).
Pronunciation
Noun
- the pupil; also, the eyes in general
- c. 790: Daihannya-kyō Ongi (Ishiyamadera manuscript, page 34)
- 眼晴 [...] 倭言麻那古
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- c. 790: Daihannya-kyō Ongi (Ishiyamadera manuscript, page 34)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 眼 |
| め Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi |
Noun
- Alternative form of 目
References
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- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
- ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
Vietnamese
Han character
Readings
眼: Hán Việt readings: nhẫn, nhãn
眼: Nôm readings: nhởn, nhản, nhan, nhẫn, nhãn
References
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