眼
See also: 眠
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Translingual
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Han character
眼 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月山日女 (BUAV), four-corner 67032, composition ⿰目艮)
References
- KangXi: page 807, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23318
- Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2488, character 4
- Unihan data for U+773C
Chinese
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眼 | |
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (艮) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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| 艱 | *krɯːn |
| 齦 | *kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn |
| 眼 | *ŋrɯːnʔ |
| 蛝 | *ɡrɯːn |
| 限 | *ɡrɯːnʔ |
| 硍 | *ɡrɯːnʔ |
| 豤 | *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn |
| 詪 | *ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns |
| 根 | *kɯːn |
| 跟 | *kɯːn |
| 珢 | *kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn |
| 艮 | *kɯːns |
| 茛 | *kɯːns |
| 墾 | *kʰɯːnʔ |
| 懇 | *kʰɯːnʔ |
| 垠 | *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn |
| 泿 | *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn |
| 痕 | *ɡɯːn |
| 拫 | *ɡɯːn |
| 鞎 | *ɡɯːn |
| 很 | *ɡɯːnʔ |
| 恨 | *ɡɯːns |
| 銀 | *ŋrɯn |
| 檭 | *ŋrɯn |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋrɯːnʔ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns).
Etymology 1
Derived from Etymology 2 (Sagart, 1999). Displaced common Sino-Tibetan 目 (OC *muɡ, “eye”) in many dialects.
Pronunciation
Definitions
眼
- (anatomy) eye (Classifier: 隻／只; 雙／双)
- See also: 目
- † to see; to view; to see ... in person
- † to keep sight of; to monitor; to watch
- sight; vision
- Classifier for actions of the eye.
- Classifier for glances; glimpses.
- † to testify; to witness
- eyelet; aperture; hole; opening
- tempo in the opera
- 一板三眼 ― yībǎnsānyǎn ― one strong beat and three weak beats in the four-beat rhythm
- territory in game Go (board game).
- † loophole; shortcoming
- † bubbles of boiling water
- mesh
- key point; critical moment
- (go) trap
- Classifier for springs, wells and ponds.
- (Cantonese, mahjong) two identical tiles which are an essential part of a legal winning hand
- (Cantonese) Classifier for lamps.
- (Cantonese) Classifier for needles.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 眼睛 (“eye”) [map]
Compounds
Derived terms from 眼
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Etymology 2
Unknown.
Pronunciation
References
- “眼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 眼 |
| まなこ Grade: 5 |
| kun’yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 眼 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 眼, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 眼 |
| め Grade: 5 |
| kun’yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 眼 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 眼, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References
- Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1978) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 3: Daihannya-kyō Ongi, Daihannya-kyō Jishō (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 眼 (MC ŋˠɛnX).
| Historical Readings | ||
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| Dongguk Jeongun Reading | ||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | ᅌᅡᆫ〯 (Yale: ngǎn) | |
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| Text | Eumhun | |
| Gloss (hun) | Reading | |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 눈〮 (Yale: nwún) | 안〯 (Yale: ǎn) |
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [a̠(ː)n]
- Phonetic hangul: [안(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Compounds
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