碧眼

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Chinese

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green jade; bluish green; blue
green jade; bluish green; blue; jade
 
eye
simp. and trad.
(碧眼)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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碧眼

  1. (literary) green eyes
  2. (literary, metonymically) non-Han people inhabiting northwestern China; Westerner; Caucasian person

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (碧眼):
  • Japanese: 碧眼(へきがん) (hekigan)
  • Korean: 벽안(碧眼) (byeogan)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
へき
Jinmeiyō
がん
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 碧眼 (pwiᴇk̚ ŋˠɛnX).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(へき)(がん) (hekigan

  1. blue eyes
  2. Westerner

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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碧眼 (byeogan) (hangeul 벽안)

  1. hanja form? of 벽안