眔

眔 U+7714, 眔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7714 ← 眓 [U+7713] CJK Unified Ideographs 眕 → [U+7715]

Translingual

Han character

眔 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 田中水 (WLE) or 田中火火 (WLFF), composition ⿱罒氺)

1. to wink, glance

Derived characters

• 䤽, 鰥(鳏), 遝, 䳴, 瘝, 褱, 㱎, 𣗶, 𥉀, 𥎅, 𦑶, 𧤩, 𧪟, 𡎯, 𣣴, 𣯉, 𦑲, 𩀚, 𦵺, 𥊽
• 𰁞, 𰍓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 947, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23221
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2915, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7714
• Chinese Etymology by Richard Sears - 眔 page

Chinese

simp. and trad.		眔
alternative forms		𥄳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
褱	*ɡruːl, *ɡruːl
鰥	*kruːn, *kruːns
嚃	*l̥ʰuːb
眔	*l'uːb
遝	*l'uːb

Pictogram (象形) : an eye (目) with teardrops (now written similar to 水).

Etymology

眔 *m-rˤəp is etymologically connected with 淚 *[r][ə]p-s (tears) and 泣 *k-r̥əp (weep).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dà (da⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dà
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dà
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴
    • Yale: dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dah
    • Palladius: да (da)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daap⁶
    • Yale: daahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: dop

Rime
Character	眔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒合切
Baxter	dop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dəp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəp̚/
Li Rong	/dᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/dɒp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daap6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-rˤəp/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'uːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	眔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tà
Middle Chinese	‹ dop ›
Old Chinese	/*m-rˁəp/
English	reach to; and
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	眔
Reading #	1/1
No.	1954
Phonetic component	眔
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*l'uːb/
Notes	甲文象目流淚， 爲涙初文（高鴻縉說）

Definitions

眔

1. (obsolete) to squint
2. ^† and

References

• (Chinese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 89

Japanese

Kanji

眔

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. masculinity

Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō)、どう (dō)