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Translingual
Han character
眔 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 田中水 (WLE) or 田中火火 (WLFF), composition ⿱罒氺)
- to wink, glance
Derived characters
- 䤽, 鰥(鳏), 遝, 䳴, 瘝, 褱, 㱎, 𣗶, 𥉀, 𥎅, 𦑶, 𧤩, 𧪟, 𡎯, 𣣴, 𣯉, 𦑲, 𩀚, 𦵺, 𥊽
- 𰁞, 𰍓
References
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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褱
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*ɡruːl, *ɡruːl
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鰥
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*kruːn, *kruːns
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嚃
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*l̥ʰuːb
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眔
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*l'uːb
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遝
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*l'uːb
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Pictogram (象形) : an eye (目) with teardrops (now written similar to 水).
Etymology
眔 *m-rˤəp is etymologically connected with 淚 *p-s (tears) and 泣 *k-r̥əp (weep).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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眔
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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tà
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dop ›
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Old Chinese
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/*m-rˁəp/
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English
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reach to; and
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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眔
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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1954
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Phonetic component
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眔
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Rime group
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緝
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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Old Chinese
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/*l'uːb/
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Notes
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甲文象目流淚, 爲涙初文(高鴻縉說)
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Definitions
眔
- (obsolete) to squint
- † and
References
Japanese
Kanji
眔
(Hyōgai kanji)
- masculinity
Readings