眇

眇	U+7707, 眇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7707

← 眆
[U+7706]

CJK Unified Ideographs

眈 →
[U+7708]

Translingual

Han character

眇 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山火竹 (BUFH), four-corner 6902₀, composition ⿰目少)

blind in one eye
minute, minuscule

Derived characters

𠋝, 𭒈, 渺, 𥻠, 緲, 缈, 𫬣, 𪃐, 𪃦, 𬸙, 𪃧, 𫛹, 𦳥, 篎

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 802, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23188
Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2472, character 15
Unihan data for U+7707

Chinese

simp. and trad.		眇
alternative forms		妙 “tiny” 渺 “tiny; distant” 仯 “blind” 𥋐𢡾妙 “tiny” 渺 “tiny; distant” 仯 “blind” 𥋐𢡾𢡸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
觘	sm̥ʰreːw, sm̥ʰreːws
抄	sm̥ʰreːw, sm̥ʰreːws
鈔	sm̥ʰreːw, sm̥ʰreːws
訬	sm̥ʰreːw, mewʔ
炒	*sʰroːʔ
吵	sm̥ʰreːwʔ, mewʔ
耖	*sm̥ʰreːws
仯	*sm̥ʰreːws
眇	*mewʔ
渺	*mewʔ
杪	*mewʔ
秒	*mewʔ
篎	mewʔ, mews
妙	*mews
玅	*mews
釥	*sm̥ʰewʔ
小	*smewʔ
少	hmjewʔ, hmjews
麨	*m̥ʰjewʔ
尠	senʔ, smos

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miǎo (miao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miǎo
  - Wade–Giles: miao³
  - Yale: myǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meau
  - Palladius: мяо (mjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: miu⁵
  - Yale: míuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biáu
  - Tâi-lô: biáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biao
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /biau⁵³/

Middle Chinese: mjiewX

Rime
Character	眇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	亡沼切
Baxter	mjiewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miaw^X/
Li Rong	/miɛu^X/
Wang Li	/mĭɛu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]ewʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mewʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	眇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	miǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ mjiew^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[m]ewʔ/
English	very small, minute
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	眇
Reading #	1/1
No.	13694
Phonetic component	小
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*mewʔ/

Definitions

眇

(archaic) to be blind (in one eye)
(archaic) to squint; to peer; to examine carefully
(archaic) distant; faraway
(literary) tiny; minute; minuscule
(archaic) high; lofty; utmost

Compounds

俯遂幽眇
幼眇
幽眇
微眇
杳眇
眇天末
眇小 (miǎoxiǎo)
眇小丈夫
眇然
眇眇
眇眇忽忽
眇覿 / 眇觌
眇風 / 眇风
眇默
瞟眇
窅眇
要眇
飄眇 / 飘眇

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 眇 – see 妙 (“subtle; mysterious; profound; fine; glorious; marvelous; wonderful; exquisite; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 妙).

Japanese

Kanji

眇

(Hyōgai kanji)

squint

Readings

Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}
Kan-on: びょう (byō)^{←べう (beu, historical)}
Kun: すがめ (sugame, 眇)、すがめる (sugameru, 眇める)、めっかち (mekkachi, 眇)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
眇
びょう Hyōgai
kan'on

Adjective

眇(びょう) • (byō) ^{←べう (beu)^?}^†-tari (adnominal 眇(びょう)とした (byō to shita) or 眇(びょう)たる (byō taru), adverbial 眇(びょう)と (byō to) or 眇(びょう)として (byō to shite))

(obsolete) small, minor, trifling

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "眇たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	眇たら	べうたら	beutara
Continuative (連用形)	眇と^[1] 眇たり^[2]	べうとべうたり	beuto beutari
Terminal (終止形)	眇たり	べうたり	beutari
Attributive (連体形)	眇たる	べうたる	beutaru
Realis (已然形)	眇たれ	べうたれ	beutare
Imperative (命令形)	眇たれ	べうたれ	beutare
Key constructions
Negative	眇たらず	べうたらず	beutarazu
Contrasting conjunction	眇たれど	べうたれど	beutaredo
Causal conjunction	眇たれば	べうたれば	beutareba
Conditional conjunction	眇たらば	べうたらば	beutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	眇たりき	べうたりき	beutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	眇たりけり	べうたりけり	beutarikeri
Adverbial	眇と	べうと	beuto
^[1]Without auxiliary verb. ^[2]With auxiliary verb.