睫

Translingual

Han character

睫 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月山十中人 (BUJLO), four-corner 6508₁, composition ⿰目疌)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 811, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23469
• Dae Jaweon: page 1226, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2495, character 9
• Unihan data for U+776B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		睫

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
疀	*sʰreːb
萐	*zreːb, *sreːb, *sreb
箑	*sreːb, *sreb
啑	*sraːb, *tiːɡs
睫	*ʔseb
婕	*ʔseb
緁	*sʰeb
捷	*zeb
疌	*zeb
寁	*ʔsuːmʔ, *zeb
倢	*zeb
崨	*zeb
踕	*zeb
誱	*zeb
徢	*seːb
蜨	*seːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔseb) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 疌 (OC *zeb)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit⁶ / zip³ / zit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiap / chiah / cheeh / cheh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jié
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²
    • Yale: jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zit⁶ / zip³ / zit³
    • Yale: jiht / jip / jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁹ / dzip⁸ / dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid⁶ / jib³ / jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚²/, /t͡siːp̚³/, /t͡siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiap
    • Tâi-lô: tsiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciab
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siap̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiah
    • Tâi-lô: tsiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡siaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheeh
    • Tâi-lô: tseeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheh
    • Tâi-lô: tseh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡seʔ³²/

Note:

• chiap - literary;
• chiah/cheeh/cheh - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: tsjep

Rime
Character	睫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	葉 (155)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即葉切
Baxter	tsjep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siap̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛp̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zip3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts][a]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔseb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	睫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jié
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjep ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts][a]p/
English	eyelashes
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	睫
Reading #	1/1
No.	6447
Phonetic component	疌
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	接
Old Chinese	/*ʔseb/
Notes	見釋名

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 睫

1. eyelash

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 睫毛 (“eyelash”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		睫
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		睫毛, 眼睫毛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	眼睛毛兒
	Taiwan	睫毛
	Ulanhot	眼毛
	Tongliao	眼毛
	Chifeng	眼睫毛
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	眼毛
	Harbin	眼睛毛兒, 眼毛兒
	Singapore	睫毛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	眼眨毛
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	眼子毛
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	眼眨毛
	Wanrong	眼眨毛
	Xi'an	眼眨毛
	Xining	眼眨毛
	Xuzhou	眼子毛, 睫毛
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	眼眨毛
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	眼眨毛
	Bayanhot	睫毛, 眼眨毛
	Lanzhou	眼眨毛
	Ürümqi	眼眨毛兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	眼眨毛
	Wuhan	眼睛毛, 眼毛
	Guiyang	眼眨毛
	Guilin	眼毛
	Liuzhou	眼眨毛, 眼毛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	眼睛毛, 眼毛
	Yangzhou	眼睛毛
	Nantong	眼毛
	Hefei	眼睛毛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼挹毛, 眼毛, 眼睫毛
	Hong Kong	眼挹毛, 眼睫毛
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	眼挹毛
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	眼毛
	Macau	眼毛
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	眼毛
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	眼挹毛
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	眼毛
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	眼毛
	Foshan	眼挹毛
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	眼毛
	Foshan (Shunde)	眼毛
	Foshan (Sanshui)	眼毛
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	眼毛
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	眼毛
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	眼毛
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	眼毛
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	眼毛
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	眼毛
	Taishan	眼毛
	Kaiping (Chikan)	眼毛
	Enping (Niujiang)	眼毛
	Heshan (Yayao)	眼毛
	Dongguan	睫毛, 眼毛
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	眼毛
	Shaoguan	眼毛
	Yunfu	眼挹毛
	Yangjiang	眼𣬬毛
	Xinyi	眼睫毛
	Lianjiang	眼睫毛
	Nanning	眼毛
	Wuzhou	眼毛
	Yulin	眼毛
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	眼毛
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	睫毛
Gan	Nanchang	眼毛
	Lichuan	織毛
	Pingxiang	眼毛
Hakka	Meixian	目汁毛, 目漬毛
	Xingning	眼仁毛
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	眼毛
	Huidong (Daling)	眼毛
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	眼眉毛
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	眼眉毛
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	眼毛
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	眼汁毛
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	眼毛
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	眼毛
	Changting	目毛, 目睫毛
	Wuping	目眉毛
	Wuping (Pingyu)	目珠毛
	Liancheng	目眉毛
	Ninghua	眼毛
	Yudu	眼毛
	Ruijin	眼毛
	Shicheng	眼毛
	Shangyou (Shexi)	眼皮毛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目眥毛, 目水毛
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	目眥毛, 目珠毛, 目水毛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	目睡毛, 目水毛
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	目眥毛, 目珠毛, 目睡毛
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	目眥毛, 目睡毛, 目水毛
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	目珠毛
	Hong Kong	目睡毛
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	眼毛
	Sabah (Longchuan)	目眉毛
	Senai (Huiyang)	目睡毛
	Singkawang	目睡毛
Huizhou	Jixi	眼睛毛, 眼毛
Jin	Taiyuan	眼眨毛
	Xinzhou	眼眨毛
	Taibus (Baochang)	眼眨毛
	Linhe	睫毛
	Jining	眼眨毛
	Hohhot	眼子毛
	Baotou	眼眨毛
	Dongsheng	眼眨毛
	Haibowan	眼睫毛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	目睭毛
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	目眨
	Fuqing	目眨
	Matsu	目睫
Southern Min	Xiamen	目睫毛, 目毛, 目睭毛
	Quanzhou	目睫毛, 目毛
	Jinjiang	目睫毛, 目毛
	Zhangzhou	目睫毛, 目毛, 目睭毛
	Taipei	目睫毛
	Kaohsiung	目睭毛
	Yilan	目睫毛
	Changhua (Lukang)	目睫毛
	Taichung	目睭毛
	Taichung (Wuqi)	目睭毛
	Tainan	目睫毛
	Taitung	目睭毛
	Hsinchu	目睫毛
	Penghu (Magong)	目睭毛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	目睫毛
	Manila (Hokkien)	目睫毛
	Longyan	目汁毛
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	眼毛
	Chaozhou	目眥毛
	Shantou	目眥毛
	Haifeng	目睭毛
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	目眥毛
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	目眥毛
	Leizhou	目睫毛, 目睫
	Haikou	目睫毛
Puxian Min	Putian	目睭毛
	Xianyou	目睭毛
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	眉睭毛
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	眼睫毛, 眼毛
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	眼睫毛
Wu	Shanghai	眼睫毛, 眼眉毛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	眼毛
	Suzhou	眼睫毛
	Danyang	眼睫毛
	Hangzhou	眼眨毛
	Ningbo	眼眨毛
	Wenzhou	眼睫毛, 眼細毛
	Jinhua	眼赦毛
Xiang	Changsha	眼眨毛
	Loudi	眼眨毛
	Shuangfeng	眼睫毛, 睫毛
	Quanzhou	眼睫毛

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Japanese

Kanji

睫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. eyelashes

Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
• Kun: まつげ (matsuge, 睫)

References

• Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1978) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 3: Daihannya-kyō Ongi, Daihannya-kyō Jishō (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, →ISBN

Etymology

Literally "hair of eye". Compound of 目 (ma, “eye”), つ (tsu, genitive case), and 毛 (ke, “hair”). Final -ke voices to -ge due to rendaku.

Noun

睫(まつげ) • (matsuge) 

1. eyelashes
   • c. 790: Daihannya-kyō Ongi (Ishiyamadera manuscript, page 34)

     眼睫 [...] 倭言麻都竒

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Korean

Hanja

睫 • (cheop) (hangeul 첩, revised cheop, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏp, Yale chep)

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