三白眼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三 白 眼
さん
Grade: 1 		はく > ぱく
Grade: 1 		がん
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative forms

  • 三白(さんぱく) (sanpaku)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さんぱくがん [sàńpákúꜜgàǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sã̠mpa̠kɯ̟ɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

三(さん)白(ぱく)眼(がん) • (sanpakugan) 

  1. eye with a large proportion of white, the iris being surrounded by white from the three directions of left, bottom, and right

Descendants

  • → English: sanpaku
  • → Chinese:
    Mandarin: 三白眼

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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