𥍉

𥍉 U+25349, 𥍉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-25349 ← 𥍈 [U+25348] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𥍊 → [U+2534A]

Translingual

Han character

𥍉 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+18, 23 strokes, cangjie input 月山尸十十 (BUSJJ), composition ⿰目聶)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 821, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2522, character 16
• Unihan data for U+25349

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 聶

Etymology 1

trad.		𥍉
simp.		𱳅
alternative forms		睨 Hokkien 爾／尔 Hokkien 彌／弥 Hokkien 瞬 Teochew ‬眤 Teochew

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shè (she⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiap

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiab⁵ / ngiab⁶

• Eastern Min (BUC): niáh
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nih / niah

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nih⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shè
    • Wade–Giles: shê⁴
    • Yale: shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheh
    • Palladius: шэ (šɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiap
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiab^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯ap̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiab⁵ / ngiab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋiap̚¹/, /ŋiap̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: niáh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡiɑʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nih
    • Tâi-lô: nih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nĩʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niah
    • Tâi-lô: niah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niaq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /niãʔ⁵/

Note:

• nih - “to blink”;
• niah - “to open, to rise”.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: nih⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nih
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niʔ²/

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• Middle Chinese: syep

Rime
Character	𥍉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	葉 (155)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	書涉切
Baxter	syep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiap̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛp̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sip3

Definitions

𥍉

1. (obsolete, rare, of eyes) to move
2. (Eastern Min, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew) to blink; to wink
3. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to open (one's eyes)
4. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to rise; to go up (of prices)

Synonyms

• (to blink): 眨 (zhǎ); (regional) 眨巴 (zhǎba)
• (to open): 睜／睁 (zhēng)

Compounds

• 一目𥍉仔 / 一目𱳅仔 (Hokkien)
• 目𥍉仔 / 目𱳅仔
• 目𥍉𥍉仔 / 目𱳅𱳅仔
• 目𥍉𥍉 / 目𱳅𱳅
• 目𥍉鼻動 / 目𱳅鼻动
• 眨眨𥍉 / 眨眨𱳅
• 𥍉久 / 𱳅久
• 𥍉囇 / 𱳅囇
• 𥍉爍 / 𱳅烁
• 𥍉爧 / 𱳅𫞠
• 𥍉目 / 𱳅目
• 𥍉𥍉看 / 𱳅𱳅看

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liap

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liap
    • Tâi-lô: liap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liab
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liap̚³²/

Definitions

𥍉

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to blink; to wink

Synonyms

• 眨 (zhǎ)
• (regional) 眨巴 (zhǎba)

References

• “Query for 𥍉”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• “Entry #13563”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.