睛

Translingual

Han character

睛 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月山手一月 (BUQMB), four-corner 6502₇, composition ⿰目青)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 810, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23438
• Dae Jaweon: page 1225, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2493, character 12
• Unihan data for U+775B

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Chinese

trad.		睛
simp. #		睛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
猜	*sʰlɯː
輤	*sʰleːns
綪	*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩	*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈	*sʰleːns
蒨	*sʰeːns
篟	*sʰeːns
生	*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲	*sreŋ
笙	*sreŋ
甥	*sreŋ
鉎	*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄	*sreŋ
鼪	*sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩	*sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌	*sreŋ
眚	*sreŋʔ
貹	*sreŋs
崝	*zreːŋ
精	*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁	*ʔsleŋ
鶄	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱	*ʔsleŋ
婧	*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐	*ʔsleŋ
聙	*ʔsleŋ
旌	*ʔsleŋ
清	*sʰleŋ
圊	*sʰleŋ
請	*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊	*sʰleŋs
䝼	*zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚	*zleŋs
情	*zleŋ
晴	*zleŋ
夝	*zleŋ
靜	*zleŋʔ
靖	*zleŋʔ
睲	*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺	*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性	*sleŋs
姓	*sleŋs
靗	*l̥ʰeŋs
鯖	*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青	*sʰleːŋ
靘	*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅	*sʰleːŋs
胜	*sleːŋ
曐	*sleːŋ
星	*sleːŋ
鮏	*sleːŋ
腥	*seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹	*seːŋ
醒	*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂	*seːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ) : semantic 目 + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīng (jing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng
• Jin (Wiktionary): jing¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): cĭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng / chhéng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹jin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jing
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jing
    • Palladius: цзин (czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing¹
    • Yale: jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jing¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕĩŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng
    • Tâi-lô: tshíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹jin
    • MiniDict: jin^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jjin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑin⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjeng, tshjengX

Rime
Character	睛	睛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子盈切	七靜切
Baxter	tsjeng	tshjengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇŋ/	/t͡sʰiᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛŋ/	/t͡sʰiɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siæŋ/	/t͡sʰiæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajŋ/	/t͡sʰiajŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛŋ/	/t͡sʰiɛŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛŋ/	/t͡sʰĭɛŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛŋ/	/t͡sʰi̯ɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng	qǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1	cing2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleŋ/, /*sʰleŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	睛	睛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11333	11341
Phonetic component	生	生
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	精	請
Old Chinese	/*ʔsleŋ/	/*sʰleŋʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 睛

1. eyeball
2. pupil of eye

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Japanese

Kanji

睛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: ひとみ (hitomi, 睛)

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Korean

Hanja

睛 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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