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Translingual
Han character
眊 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹手山 (BUHQU), four-corner 62014, composition ⿰目毛)
- blurred eyesight
- dull and mixed-up
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 803, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23194
- Dae Jaweon: page 1219, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2475, character 1
- Unihan data for U+770A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 毛
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*maːw, *maːws
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| 髦
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*maːw
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| 旄
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*maːw, *maːws
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| 芼
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*maːw, *maːws
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| 氂
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*rɯ, *maːw
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| 枆
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*maːw
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| 酕
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*maːw
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| 牦
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*maːw
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| 耄
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*maːws
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| 覒
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*maːws
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| 眊
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*maːws, *mraːwɢ
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| 耗
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*hmaːws
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| 秏
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*hmaːws, *hmɯːbs
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| 毣
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*mraːwɢ, *moːwɢ
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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眊
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眊
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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8792
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8797
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Phonetic
component
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毛
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毛
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Rime
group
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宵
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藥
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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冃
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邈
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Old
Chinese
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/*maːws/
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/*mraːwɢ/
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Definitions
眊
- (literary) blurred in eyesight; dim-sighted
- † befuddled; confused
- † Alternative form of 旄 (máo, “a kind of ancient flag decorated with yak tails”)
- † Alternative form of 耄 (mào, “more than 80 years old; old (age)”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
眊
(Hyōgai kanji)
- dim-sighted
- eyes not seeing clearly
Readings
Korean
Hanja
眊 (eum 모 (mo))
- blurred eyesight