眇

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眇 U+7707, 眇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7707
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 眈 →

Translingual

Han character

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

  1. blind in one eye
  2. minute, minuscule

Derived characters

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

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 		/miᴇuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/miɛuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mjæuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/miawX/
Li
Rong 		/miɛuX/
Wang
Li 		/mĭɛuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mi̯ɛuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		miǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		miu5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 眇
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		miǎo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjiewX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*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. * 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 		眇
Old
Chinese 		/*mewʔ/

Definitions

眇

  1. (archaic) to be blind (in one eye)
  2. (archaic) to squint; to peer; to examine carefully
  3. (archaic) distant; faraway
  4. (literary) tiny; minute; minuscule
  5. (archaic) high; lofty; utmost

Compounds

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)

  1. borgne

Readings

  • Go-on: みょう (myō)
  • Kan-on: びょう (byō)
  • Kun: すがめ (sugame)

Korean

Hanja

眇 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune–Reischauer myo, Yale myo)

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