睚

See also: 眭

睚 U+775A, 睚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-775A ← 睙 [U+7759] CJK Unified Ideographs 睛 → [U+775B]

Translingual

Han character

睚 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月山一土土 (BUMGG), four-corner 6101₄, composition ⿰目厓)

1. corner of the eye
2. stare

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 810, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23437
• Dae Jaweon: page 1225, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2495, character 4
• Unihan data for U+775A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		睚
alternative forms		厓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 睚
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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 *ŋreːs) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 厓 (OC *ŋreː).

Etymology

Same word as 崖 (yá, “cliff”) and 涯 (yá, “shore, bank”). See the latter for etymology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yá, yái (ya², yai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ, ㄧㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁴ / ngaai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yá
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yá
    • Wade–Giles: ya²
    • Yale: yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ya
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yái
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yái
    • Wade–Giles: yai²
    • Yale: yái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yai
    • Palladius: яй (jaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngaai⁴ / ngaai⁶
    • Yale: ngàaih / ngaaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁴ / ngaai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngai⁴ / ngai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːi̯²¹/, /ŋaːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâi
    • Tâi-lô: gâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gaai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɡai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡai¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngeaH

Rime
Character	睚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	五懈切
Baxter	ngeaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠɛH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚæH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨjH/
Li Rong	/ŋɛH/
Wang Li	/ŋaiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋaiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋreːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	睚
Reading #	1/1
No.	4540
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	睚
Old Chinese	/*ŋreːs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 睚

1. ^‡ rim of the eye (SWJZ)
2. Used in 睚眥／睚眦 (yázì).

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Japanese

Kanji

睚

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: がい (gai)
• Kun: まなじり (manajiri, 睚)

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Korean

Hanja

睚 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

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