眳

眳 U+7733, 眳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7733 ← 眲 [U+7732] CJK Unified Ideographs 眴 → [U+7734]

Translingual

Han character

眳 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月山弓戈口 (BUNIR), four-corner 6706₂, composition ⿰目名)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 806, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23306
• Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2487, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7733

Chinese

trad.		眳
simp. #		眳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
名	*meŋ
洺	*meŋ
眳	*meŋʔ, *meːŋʔ
詺	*meŋs
銘	*meːŋ
茗	*meːŋʔ
酩	*meːŋʔ
姳	*meːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *meŋʔ, *meːŋʔ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 名 (OC *meŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míng (ming²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míng
    • Wade–Giles: ming²
    • Yale: míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming
    • Palladius: мин (min)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ming⁴
    • Yale: mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjiengX, mengX

Rime
Character	眳	眳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	亡井切	莫迥切
Baxter	mjiengX	mengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇŋX/	/meŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛŋX/	/meŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/miæŋX/	/mɛŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋX/	/mɛjŋX/
Li Rong	/miɛŋX/	/meŋX/
Wang Li	/mĭɛŋX/	/mieŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛŋX/	/mieŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐng	mǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming5	ming5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*meŋʔ/, /*meːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	眳	眳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9180	9185
Phonetic component	名	名
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	眳	茗
Old Chinese	/*meŋʔ/	/*meːŋʔ/

Definitions

眳

1. ^† area between the eyebrows and the eyelashes
2. ^† (of eyes) muddled; unclear
3. ^† Used in 眳睛.