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).

Etymology

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dīng (ding¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding¹ / deng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tèng / teng / tàn

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.

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/	/ʈˠæŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚaŋ/	/ʈᵚaŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡaŋ/	/ȶaŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖaɨjŋ/	/ʈaɨjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/ȡɐŋ/	/ȶɐŋ^X/
Wang Li	/ȡɐŋ/	/ȶɐŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱɐŋ/	/ȶɐŋ^X/
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		棖
Old Chinese	/*rteŋʔ/	/*rdeŋ/
Notes	變音

Definitions

盯

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

Synonyms

凝目 (níngmù) (literary)
凝眸 (níngmóu) (literary)
凝視 / 凝视 (níngshì)
啤 (Cantonese)
注目 (zhùmù)
注視 / 注视 (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)

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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