眳

眳	U+7733, 眳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7733

← 眲
[U+7732]

CJK Unified Ideographs

眴 →
[U+7734]

Translingual

Han character

眳 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月山弓戈口 (BUNIR), four-corner 6706₂, composition ⿰目名)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 806, character 40
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23306
Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2487, character 2
Unihan data for U+7733

Chinese

trad.		眳
simp. ^#		眳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
名	*meŋ
洺	*meŋ
眳	meŋʔ, meːŋʔ
詺	*meŋs
銘	*meːŋ
茗	*meːŋʔ
酩	*meːŋʔ
姳	*meːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *meŋʔ, *meːŋʔ): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 名 (OC *meŋ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míng (ming²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míng
  - Wade–Giles: ming²
  - Yale: míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming
  - Palladius: мин (min)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ming⁴
  - Yale: mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: mjiengX, mengX

Rime
Character	眳	眳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	亡井切	莫迥切
Baxter	mjiengX	mengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇŋ^X/	/meŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛŋ^X/	/meŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/miæŋ^X/	/mɛŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ^X/	/mɛjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/miɛŋ^X/	/meŋ^X/
Wang Li	/mĭɛŋ^X/	/mieŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛŋ^X/	/mieŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐng	mǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming⁵	ming⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*meŋʔ/, /*meːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	眳	眳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9180	9185
Phonetic component	名	名
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		茗
Old Chinese	/*meŋʔ/	/*meːŋʔ/

Definitions

眳

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) area between the eyebrows and the eyelashes
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of eyes) muddled; unclear
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Used in 眳睛.