盯

盯 U+76EF, 盯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76EF ← 目 [U+76EE] CJK Unified Ideographs 盰 → [U+76F0]

Translingual

Han character

盯 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月山一弓 (BUMN), four-corner 6102₀, composition ⿰目丁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 799, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23111
• Dae Jaweon: page 1214, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2468, character 4
• Unihan data for U+76EF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		盯
2nd round simp.		丁
alternative forms		釘／钉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
圢	*tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋʔ
町	*tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ, *deːŋʔ
打	*rteŋʔ, *teːŋʔ
盯	*rteŋʔ, *rdeŋ
朾	*rteːŋ, *rdeːŋ
丁	*rteːŋ, *teːŋ
玎	*rteːŋ, *teːŋ
虰	*rdeːŋ, *tʰeŋ, *teːŋ
揨	*rdeːŋ
釘	*teːŋ, *teːŋs
靪	*teːŋ, *teːŋʔ
仃	*teːŋ
叮	*teːŋ
疔	*teːŋ
頂	*teːŋʔ
奵	*teːŋʔ
耵	*teːŋʔ
酊	*teːŋʔ
葶	*teːŋʔ, *deːŋ
矴	*teːŋs
訂	*teːŋs, *tʰeːŋ, *deːŋʔ
飣	*teːŋs
汀	*tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋs
艼	*tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ
庁	*tʰeːŋ
婷	*deːŋ
停	*deːŋ
聤	*deːŋ
渟	*deːŋ
楟	*deːŋ
亭	*deːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rteŋʔ, *rdeŋ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 丁 (OC *rteːŋ, *teːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīng (ding¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding¹ / deng¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tèng / teng / tàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ding
    • Wade–Giles: ting¹
    • Yale: dīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ding
    • Palladius: дин (din)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ding¹ / deng¹
    • Yale: dīng / dēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding¹ / deng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding¹ / déng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ⁵⁵/, /tɛːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèng
    • Tâi-lô: tìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng
    • Tâi-lô: ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn
    • Tâi-lô: tàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁴¹/

Note:

• tèng/teng - literary;
• tàn - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: draeng, traengX

Rime
Character	盯	盯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	直庚切	張梗切
Baxter	draeng	traengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠæŋ/	/ʈˠæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚaŋ/	/ʈᵚaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡaŋ/	/ȶaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖaɨjŋ/	/ʈaɨjŋX/
Li Rong	/ȡɐŋ/	/ȶɐŋX/
Wang Li	/ȡɐŋ/	/ȶɐŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱɐŋ/	/ȶɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	zhěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cang4	zang2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rteŋʔ/, /*rdeŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盯	盯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2369	2370
Phonetic component	丁	丁
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	盯	棖
Old Chinese	/*rteŋʔ/	/*rdeŋ/
Notes	變音

Definitions

盯

1. to gaze upon; to keep eyes on; to stare at

Synonyms

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• 凝目 (níngmù) (literary)
• 凝眸 (níngmóu) (literary)
• 凝視／凝视 (níngshì)
• 啤 (Cantonese)
• 注目 (zhùmù)
• 注視 (zhùshì)
• 盯視／盯视 (dīngshì)
• 𥇣 (gwat⁶) (Cantonese)
• 金金看 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 金金相 (Hokkien)

 

Compounds

• 盯人
• 盯人防守
• 盯梢 (dīngshāo)
• 緊迫盯人／紧迫盯人

 

Japanese

Kanji

盯

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to stare, to fix one's eyes on

Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)
• On: とう (tō)

Compounds

• 盯𥋝 (とうぼう - to stare intently)

Vietnamese

Han character

盯: Hán Nôm readings: đinh

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