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眼

See also: 眠
眼 U+773C, 眼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-773C
← 眻
[U+773B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 眽 →
[U+773D]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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眼 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月山日女 (BUAV), four-corner 67032, composition ⿰目艮)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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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simp. and trad.
 眼

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (艮) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
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／形声, OC *ŋrɯːnʔ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns).

Etymology 1

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Derived from Etymology 2 (Sagart, 1999). Displaced common Sino-Tibetan 目 (OC *muɡ, “eye”) in many dialects.

Pronunciation

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Note: ngaan5-2 - nominal classifier.
Note:
  • gán - literary;
  • géng/kéng/ngúi/ngái/kán - vernacular (limited to 龍眼／龙眼).
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 眼
Mandarin Beijing /ian²¹⁴/
Harbin /ian²¹³/
Tianjin /ian¹³/
Jinan /iã⁵⁵/
Qingdao /iã⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ian⁵³/
Xi'an /niã⁵³/
Xining /ȵiã⁵³/
Yinchuan /ian⁵³/
Lanzhou /iɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /ian⁵¹/
Wuhan /iɛn⁴²/
Chengdu /ian⁵³/
Guiyang /ian⁴²/
Kunming /iɛ̃⁵³/
Nanjing /ien²¹²/
Hefei /iĩ²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /ie⁵³/ 新
/nie⁵³/ 舊
Pingyao /ȵiɑŋ⁵³/
Hohhot /ie⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /ŋe²³/
Suzhou /ŋe̞³¹/
Hangzhou /ʔiẽ̞⁵³/
Wenzhou /ŋa³⁵/
Hui Shexian /ŋɛ³⁵/
Tunxi /ŋɔ²⁴/
Xiang Changsha /iẽ⁴¹/
/ŋan⁴¹/
Xiangtan /ŋan⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /ŋan²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /ŋian³¹/
Taoyuan /ŋien³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ŋan²³/
Nanning /ŋɛn²⁴/
Hong Kong /ŋan¹³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /gan⁵³/
/giŋ⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋaŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ŋaiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /ŋaŋ⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hai²¹³/ 龍～
/mak̚³/ 訓目
Rime
Character 眼
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 山 (73)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 五限切
Baxter ngeanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋˠɛnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋᵚænX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋəɨnX/
Li
Rong 		/ŋɛnX/
Wang
Li 		/ŋænX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋănX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngaan5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 眼
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngɛnX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ŋ]ˁ<r>ə[n]ʔ/
English eye

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 眼
Reading # 1/1
No. 3914
Phonetic
component 		艮
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		眼
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋrɯːnʔ/

Definitions

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眼

  1. (anatomy) eye (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 雙／双 m c; 對／对 c)
    See also: 目
  2. † to see; to view; to see ... in person
  3. † to keep sight of; to monitor; to watch
  4. sight; vision
  5. Classifier for actions of the eye: glance; glimpse
    瞪了他一眼  ―  dèng le tā yī yǎn  ―  to give him a stare
    一眼睇嗮 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 ngaan5 tai2 saai3 [Jyutping]  ―  to [be able to] see everything in a glance
  6. † to testify; to witness
  7. eyelet; aperture; hole; opening
  8. tempo in the opera
    一板三眼  ―  yībǎnsānyǎn  ―  one strong beat and three weak beats in the four-beat rhythm
  9. territory in game Go (board game).
  10. † loophole; shortcoming
  11. † bubbles of boiling water
  12. mesh
  13. key point; critical moment
  14. (go) trap
  15. Classifier for springs, wells and ponds.
  16. (Northern Wu) some; a bit
    我只是吃了一眼末！ [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]
    6ngu 7tseq-zy 7chiq-leq 7iq-nge-meq [Wugniu]
    I just ate a bit!
  17. (Cantonese, mahjong) two identical tiles which are an essential part of a legal winning hand
  18. (Cantonese) Classifier for lamps.
    兩眼燈／两眼灯 [Cantonese]  ―  loeng5 ngaan5-2 dang1 [Jyutping]  ―  two lamps
  19. (Cantonese) Classifier for needles.
    三眼針／三眼针 [Cantonese]  ―  saam1 ngaan5-2 zam1 [Jyutping]  ―  three needles
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 眼睛 (“eye”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 目
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 眼睛, 眼
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 眼睛
Taiwan 眼睛
Ulanhot 眼睛
Tongliao 眼睛
Chifeng 眼睛, 眼珠子, 眼
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 眼睛
Harbin 眼睛
Shenyang 眼睛, 眼
Malaysia 眼睛
Singapore 眼睛
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 眼睛
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 眼
Tangshan 眼睛
Cangzhou 眼睛, 眼
Baoding 眼
Shijiazhuang 眼睛
Jinan 眼
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 眼
Qingdao 眼
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 眼
Wanrong 眼窩
Zhengzhou 眼
Kaifeng 眼
Xi'an 眼睛, 眼窩 suburbs
Xining 眼睛, 眼窩
Xuzhou 眼睛, 眼
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 眼睛
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 眼窩
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 眼睛
Bayanhot 眼睛
Lanzhou 眼, 眼睛
Ürümqi 眼睛
Ürümqi (Xigou) 眼睛
Ürümqi (Changshanzi) 眼睛
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 眼睛
Chongqing 眼睛
Wuhan 眼睛
Guiyang 眼睛
Kunming 眼睛
Guilin 眼睛
Liuzhou 眼睛
Tianlin (Langping) 眼睛
Mae Salong (Lancang) 眼睛
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 眼睛
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 眼睛
Yangzhou 眼睛
Xinghua 眼睛
Nantong 眼睛
Hefei 眼, 眼睛
Mandarin Nanping (Yanping) 眼睛
Cantonese Guangzhou 眼
Hong Kong 眼
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 眼
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 眼
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 眼
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 眼
Macau 眼
Guangzhou (Panyu) 眼
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 眼
Guangzhou (Conghua) 眼
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 眼
Foshan 眼
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 眼
Foshan (Shunde) 眼
Foshan (Sanshui) 眼
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 眼
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 眼
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 眼
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 眼
Zhuhai (Doumen) 眼
Jiangmen (Baisha) 眼
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 眼
Taishan 眼
Kaiping (Chikan) 眼
Enping (Niujiang) 眼
Heshan (Yayao) 眼
Dongguan 眼
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 眼
Qingyuan 眼
Fogang 眼
Yingde (Hanguang) 眼
Yangshan 眼
Lianshan (Butian) 眼睛
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 眼
Shaoguan 眼, 眼睛
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 眼
Renhua 眼
Lechang 眼
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 眼
Sihui 眼
Guangning 眼睛, 眼
Deqing 眼
Huaiji 眼
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 眼
Yunfu 眼
Xinxing 眼
Luoding 眼
Yunan (Pingtai) 眼, 眼睛
Yangjiang 眼
Xinyi 眼
Lianjiang 眼
Nanning 眼, 眼睛
Wuzhou 眼
Yulin 眼
Hepu (Lianzhou) 眼
Guiping 眼
Mengshan (Xihe) 眼
Guigang (Nanjiang) 眼睛
Beiliu (Tangliao) 眼
Baise 眼睛
Bobai 眼
Lingshan 眼
Pubei 眼
Qinzhou 眼
Beihai 眼, 眼睛
Beihai (Nankang) 眼
Beihai (Yingpan) 眼
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 眼
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 眼
Ningming 眼
Hengzhou 眼
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 眼
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 眼
Danzhou 眼
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 眼
Singapore (Guangfu) 眼
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 眼
Móng Cái 眼
Gan Nanchang 眼睛
Lichuan 眼睛
Pingxiang 眼珠
Jianning 眼睛
Taining 目珠
Hakka Meixian 眼珠, 目珠
Xingning 眼珠
Dabu (Xihe) 目珠
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 眼, 眼睛
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 眼, 眼睛
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 眼, 眼睛
Huiyang 眼
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 眼珠仔
Huidong (Daling) 眼珠
Dongguan (Qingxi) 眼珠
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 眼
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 眼
Boluo (Bendihua) 眼, 眼睛
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 眼睛
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 眼
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 眼珠
Wuhua (Huacheng) 眼珠, 目珠
Wuhua (Changbu) 眼珠
Wuhua (Mianyang) 眼, 目珠
Wuhua (Meilin) 眼珠
Heyuan (Bendihua) 眼, 眼睛
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 眼
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 眼
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 眼
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 眼
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 眼
Wengyuan 眼珠
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 眼珠
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 眼
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 眼睛
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 眼
Liannan 眼珠
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 眼珠
Jiexi 目珠
Luhe 目珠
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 目珠
Pinghe (Jiufeng) 目珠
Changting 目珠
Shanghang 目珠
Longyan (Yongding) 目珠
Wuping 目珠
Wuping (Yanqian) 目珠
Wuping (Pingyu) 眼珠, 目珠
Liancheng 目珠
Ninghua 眼珠
Qingliu 眼珠
Yudu 眼睛
Ningdu 眼睛
Ruijin 眼珠
Shicheng 眼睛
Shangyou (Shexi) 眼珠
Tonggu (Sandu) 眼睛
Ganzhou (Panlong) 眼珠
Dayu 眼珠
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 目珠
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 目珠, 眼珠
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 目珠
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 目珠
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 目珠
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 目珠
Hong Kong 眼, 眼珠
Yangxi (Tangkou) 眼
Yangchun (Sanjia) 眼睛
Xinyi (Sihe) 眼
Xinyi (Qianpai) 眼
Gaozhou (Xindong) 眼
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 眼
Huazhou (Xin'an) 眼
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 眼
Lianjiang (Qingping) 眼
Mengshan (Xihe) 眼睛
Luchuan 眼
Luchuan (Daqiao) 眼睛
Bobai (Shahe) 眼
Beiliu (Tang'an) 眼
Mashan (Pianlian) 眼睛
Sabah (Longchuan) 眼
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 目珠
Senai (Huiyang) 眼
Kuching (Hepo) 目珠
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 目珠
Singkawang 目珠
Singapore (Meixian) 眼珠
Singapore (Dabu) 目珠
Huizhou Jixi 眼睛, 眼烏珠, 眼烏珠子
Shexian 眼, 眼睛
Huangshan (Tunxi) 眼睛
Xiuning 眼睛
Yixian 眼睛
Qimen 眼睛
Wuyuan 眼睛
Fuliang 眼珠兒
Dexing 眼珠
Jin Taiyuan 眼睛, 眼
Pingyao 眼, 眼睛
Xinzhou 眼
Taibus (Baochang) 眼睛
Linhe 眼窩, 眼, 眼睛
Jining 眼窩, 眼
Hohhot 眼窩
Baotou 眼窩
Dongsheng 眼窩
Haibowan 眼窩
Zhangjiakou 眼, 眼睛
Handan 眼睛
Northern Min Jian'ou 目睭
Jian'ou (Dikou) 目睭
Songxi 目睭
Zhenghe 目睭
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 目睭
Jianyang 目睭
Wuyishan 目睭
Pucheng (Shibei) 目睭
Eastern Min Fuzhou 目睭, 目
Fuzhou (Changle) 目睭
Lianjiang 目睭
Fuqing 目睭
Pingtan 目睭
Yongtai 目睭
Minqing 目睭
Gutian 目睭
Pingnan 目睭
Luoyuan 目睭
Fu'an 目睭
Ningde 目睭
Xiapu 目睭
Zherong 目睭
Shouning 目睭
Zhouning 目睭
Fuding 目睭
Matsu 目睭
Southern Min Xiamen 目睭, 目
Xiamen (Tong'an) 目睭
Quanzhou 目睭, 目
Jinjiang 目睭
Nan'an 目睭
Shishi 目睭
Hui'an 目睭
Anxi 目睭
Yongchun 目睭
Dehua 目睭
Zhangzhou 目睭, 目
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 目睭
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 目睭
Hua'an 目睭
Nanjing 目睭
Pinghe 目睭
Zhangpu 目睭
Yunxiao 目睭
Zhao'an 目睭
Dongshan 目睭
Taipei 目睭, 目睭仁
New Taipei (Sanxia) 目睭, 目睭仁
Kaohsiung 目睭, 目睭仁
Yilan 目睭, 目睭仁
Changhua (Lukang) 目睭, 目睭仁
Taichung 目睭
Taichung (Wuqi) 目睭
Tainan 目睭, 目睭仁
Taitung 目睭
Hsinchu 目睭
Kinmen 目睭
Penghu (Magong) 目睭
Penang (Hokkien) 目睭, 目
Singapore (Hokkien) 目睭
Manila (Hokkien) 目睭
Longyan 目睭
Zhangping 目睭
Zhangping (Yongfu) 目睭
Datian 目珠
Pingnan (Shangdu) 目睭
Chaozhou 目
Shantou 目
Shantou (Chenghai) 目
Jieyang 目
Lufeng 目
Haifeng 目, 目睭
Bangkok (Teochew) 目
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 目
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 目
Singapore (Teochew) 目
Pontianak (Teochew) 目
Leizhou 目
Wenchang 目
Haikou 目
Singapore (Hainanese) 目
Puxian Min Putian 目睭
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 目睭
Xianyou 目睭
Central Min Yong'an 目珠
Sanming (Sanyuan) 目珠
Sanming (Shaxian) 目睭
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 目珠
Guangze 目珠
Jiangle 目珠
Mingxi 目珠
Shunchang 目珠
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 目睭
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 目睭
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 眼睛
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 眼睛
Shehua Guixi (Zhangping) 眼
Jingning (Hexi) 眼
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 眼珠
Wu Shanghai 眼睛
Shanghai (Chongming) 眼睛, 眼烏珠
Suzhou 眼睛, 眼烏珠
Danyang 眼睛
Hangzhou 眼睛
Ningbo 眼睛
Wenzhou 眼烏珠, 眼靈珠, 眼兒珠
Jinhua 眼睛
Pucheng 目珠
Xiang Changsha 眼睛
Loudi 眼珠
Shuangfeng 眼珠
Hengyang 眼珠
Quanzhou 眼睛
Dialectal synonyms of 些 (“some, a few”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 些
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 些
Singapore 些
Cantonese Guangzhou 啲
Hong Kong 啲
Taishan 尼
Singapore (Guangfu) 啲
Hakka Meixian 兜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 兜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 兜
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 兜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 兜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 兜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 兜
Southern Min Xiamen 寡
Zhangzhou 寡
Tainan 寡
Singapore (Hokkien) 寡
Manila (Hokkien) 寡
Shantou 撮
Jieyang 撮
Singapore (Teochew) 撮
Wu Shanghai 眼, 點, 些 formal or Mandarin-influenced
Wenzhou 厘兒
Dialectal synonyms of 盞 (“(classifier for lamps)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 盞
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 盞
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 盞
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 盞
Xi'an 盞
Xining 盞
Xuzhou 盞
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 盞
Ürümqi 盞
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 盞
Wuhan 盞
Guiyang 盞
Liuzhou 盞
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 盞
Cantonese Guangzhou 眼
Hong Kong 盞, 眼
Taishan 盞
Dongguan 盞
Gan Nanchang 盞
Pingxiang 盞
Hakka Meixian 盞
Yudu 盞
Jin Taiyuan 盞
Xinzhou 盞
Eastern Min Fuzhou 盞
Southern Min Xiamen 葩, 盞
Quanzhou 葩
Zhangzhou 葩
Tainan 葩
Longyan 葩
Datian 葩
Leizhou 盞
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 盞
Wu Shanghai 盞
Shanghai (Chongming) 盞
Suzhou 盞
Danyang 盞
Hangzhou 盞
Ningbo 盞
Wenzhou 盞
Jinhua 盞
Xiang Changsha 盞
Loudi 盞
Dialectal synonyms of 根 (“(classifier for needles)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 根
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 根兒, 個
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 根
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 苗, 根兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 根
Wuhan 口, 根
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 根
Hefei 根
Cantonese Guangzhou 眼
Hong Kong 支, 眼
Taishan 眼
Yangjiang 口
Gan Nanchang 根, 管
Hakka Meixian 枚
Jin Taiyuan 根
Northern Min Jian'ou 枚
Eastern Min Fuzhou 條
Southern Min Xiamen 支
Chaozhou 支
Wu Suzhou 隻, 根
Wenzhou 枚
Xiang Changsha 口
Shuangfeng 口

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Etymology 2

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Unknown.

Pronunciation

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 眼
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wěn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngonX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋˁə[n]ʔ/
English protrude as a knob

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.

Definitions

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眼

  1. † protruding; bulging (like bulging eyes)

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Japanese

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Kanji

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眼

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. eyeball

Readings

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  • Go-on: げん (gen, Jōyō †)
  • Kan-on: がん (gan, Jōyō)
  • On: ごん (gon)
  • Kun: まなこ (manako, 眼, Jōyō)、め (me)

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
眼
まなこ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 眼 – see the following entry.
【まなこ】
[noun] the pupil; also, the eyes in general
(This term, 眼, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
眼
め
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 眼 – see the following entry.
【め】
[noun] [from 712] 目, 眼: eye
Alternative spelling
目
(This term, 眼, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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  • Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1978) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 3: Daihannya-kyō Ongi, Daihannya-kyō Jishō (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, →ISBN


Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 眼 (MC ngeanX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅌᅡᆫ〯 (Yale: ngǎn)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 눈〮 (Yale: nwún) 안〯 (Yale: ǎn)

Pronunciation

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  • (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.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

眼 (eumhun 눈 안 (nun an))

  1. hanja form? of 안 (“eye”) [affix]

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Compounds

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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Readings

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眼: Hán Việt readings: nhẫn, nhãn
眼: Nôm readings: nhởn, nhản, nhan, nhẫn, nhãn

  1. chữ Hán form of nhãn (“longan”).

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