眨

眨	U+7728, 眨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7728

← 眧
[U+7727]

CJK Unified Ideographs

眩 →
[U+7729]

Translingual

Han character

眨 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹戈人 (BUHIO), four-corner 6203₇, composition ⿰目乏)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 805, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23253
Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2476, character 4
Unihan data for U+7728

Chinese

simp. and trad.		眨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
砭	prom, proms
貶	*promʔ
窆	*proms
泛	pʰoms, bob
姂	pʰoms, bob, *kpʰob
䒦	pʰom, pʰoms
柉	*bom
覂	*poŋʔ
眨	*sproːb
鴔	*brub
乏	*bob

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǎ (zha³)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam² / zaap³
Eastern Min (BUC): tiák
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chap / chha̍p

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎ
  - Wade–Giles: cha³
  - Yale: jǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaa
  - Palladius: чжа (čža)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zaam² / zaap³
  - Yale: jáam / jaap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam² / dzaap⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: zam² / zab³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːm³⁵/, /t͡saːp̚³/

Note: zaap3 - literary.

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tiák
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiɑʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chap
  - Tâi-lô: tsap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zab
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sap̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sap̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha̍p
  - Tâi-lô: tsha̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhap
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰap̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsreap

Rime
Character	眨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	洽 (152)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	側洽切
Baxter	tsreap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠɛp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚæp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂəɨp̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃɐp̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃɐp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zha
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaap³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-[ts]ˤr[a]p/

(Zhengzhang): /*sproːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	眨
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrɛp ›
Old Chinese	/mə-[ts]ˁr[a]p/ (< mə-S.pˁrap ?)
English	blink, wink
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	眨
Reading #	1/1
No.	2850
Phonetic component	乏
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sproːb/

Definitions

眨

to blink; to wink
佢碰見猛男，對眼會猛咁眨 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢碰见猛男，对眼会猛咁眨 [Cantonese, simp.]
From: Samuei Hui, 尖沙咀Susie
keoi⁵ pung³ gin³ maang⁵ naam⁴, deoi³ ngaan⁵ wui⁵ maang⁵ gam³ zaam² [Jyutping]
If she encounters a hunk, her eyes will bat non-stop
(Hakka) to close one's eyes

Synonyms

(to blink): (regional) 眨巴 (zhǎba); (Hakka, Eastern Min, Souther Min) 𥍉／𱳅 (shè)

Compounds

一眨眼 (yīzhǎyǎn)
不眨眼
目眨
目眨眨
目眨眨仔
眨一下目
眨巴 (zhǎba)
眨目
眨眼 (zhǎyǎn)
霍霍眨眨

Japanese

Kanji

眨

(Hyōgai kanji)

wink

Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō)
Kan-on: そう (sō)
Kun: またたく (matataku, 眨く)

Korean

Hanja

眨 • (jap) (hangeul 잡, revised jap, McCune–Reischauer chap, Yale cap)

wink