眇

眇	U+7707, 眇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7707

← 眆
[U+7706]

CJK Unified Ideographs

眈 →
[U+7708]

Translingual

Han character

眇 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山火竹 (BUFH), four-corner 6902₀, composition ⿰目少)

blind in one eye
minute, minuscule

Derived characters

渺𥻠緲(缈) 𪃧𦳥篎

References

KangXi: page 802, character 17

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23188

Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 18

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2472, character 15

Unihan data for U+7707

Chinese

simp. and trad.		眇
alternative forms		妙 “tiny” 渺 “tiny; distant” 仯 “blind” 𥋐𢡾妙 “tiny” 渺 “tiny; distant” 仯 “blind” 𥋐𢡾𢡸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
觘	sm̥ʰreːw, sm̥ʰreːws
抄	sm̥ʰreːw, sm̥ʰreːws
鈔	sm̥ʰreːw, sm̥ʰreːws
訬	sm̥ʰreːw, mewʔ
炒	*sʰroːʔ
吵	sm̥ʰreːwʔ, mewʔ
耖	*sm̥ʰreːws
仯	*sm̥ʰreːws
眇	*mewʔ
渺	*mewʔ
杪	*mewʔ
秒	*mewʔ
篎	mewʔ, mews
妙	*mews
玅	*mews
釥	*sm̥ʰewʔ
小	*smewʔ
少	hmjewʔ, hmjews
麨	*m̥ʰjewʔ
尠	senʔ, smos

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miǎo (miao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): biáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miǎo
  - Wade–Giles: miao³
  - Yale: myǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meau
  - Palladius: мяо (mjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mjɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: miu⁵
  - Yale: míuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biáu
  - Tâi-lô: biáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biao
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /biau⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /miᴇu^X/

Rime
Character	眇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	亡沼切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miaw^X/
Li Rong	/miɛu^X/
Wang Li	/mĭɛu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]ewʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mewʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	眇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	miǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ mjiew^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[m]ewʔ/
English	very small, minute
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	眇
Reading #	1/1
No.	13694
Phonetic component	小
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	眇
Old Chinese	/*mewʔ/

Definitions

眇

(archaic) to be blind (in one eye)
(archaic) to squint; to peer; to examine carefully
(archaic) distant; faraway
(literary) tiny; minute; minuscule
(archaic) high; lofty; utmost

Compounds

俯遂幽眇
幼眇
幽眇
微眇
杳眇
眇天末

眇小
眇小丈夫
眇然
眇眇
眇眇忽忽
眇默

瞟眇
窅眇
要眇
眇覿／眇觌
眇風／眇风
飄眇／飘眇

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 眇 – see 妙 (“subtle; mysterious; profound; fine; glorious; marvelous; wonderful; exquisite; etc.”). (This character, 眇, is a variant form of 妙.)

Japanese

Kanji

眇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: みょう (myō)

Kan-on: びょう (byō)

Kun: すがめ (sugame)

Korean

Hanja

眇 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune–Reischauer myo, Yale myo)

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