目翳

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	feather screen; to screen; to shade
trad. (目翳)		目	翳
simp. #(目翳)		目	翳
alternative forms		目瞖

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ba̍k-è / ba̍k-ì

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-è
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍k-è
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bag'ex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bak̚⁴⁻³² e²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bak̚²⁴⁻² e⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-ì
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍k-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bag'ix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ i²¹/

Noun

目翳

1. (Southern Min, medicine) cataract

Synonyms

• 白內障／白内障 (báinèizhàng)
• (Hokkien) 起翳
• (Xiang) 翳子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
目	翳
ひ
Grade: 1	Hyōgai
jukujikun

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Derivation unknown. Found in the Wamyō Ruijushō kanji dictionary of 938.

The spelling appears to be an example of jukujikun, using the Chinese characters 目 (mù, “eye”) + 翳 (yì, “shade; screen; cataract”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [çi]

Noun

目翳(ひ) • (hi) 

1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) cataracts: cloudy aberrations in the eye, ultimately causing blindness

Synonyms

• 内障眼(そこひ) (sokohi), 内障(そこひ) (sokohi), 内障(そこひ) (sokohi): cloudiness occurring behind the lens, within the eyeball: glaucoma (for green cloudiness), cataracts (for white cloudiness), amaurosis (for black cloudiness)

Derived terms

• 内障眼(そこひ) (sokohi), 内障(そこひ) (sokohi), 内障(そこひ) (sokohi), 底翳(そこひ) (sokohi): cloudiness occurring behind the lens, within the eyeball: glaucoma (for green cloudiness), cataracts (for white cloudiness), amaurosis (for black cloudiness)
• 外障眼(うわひ) (uwahi), 上翳(うわひ) (uwahi): cloudiness occurring in front of the lens: corneal clouding