眄

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眄 U+7704, 眄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7704
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 眅 →

Translingual

Han character

眄 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山一中尸 (BUMLS), four-corner 61027, composition ⿰目丏)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 802, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23182
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2472, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+7704

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 眄
alternative forms 䀎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
汅 *menʔ
沔 *menʔ
丏 *meːnʔ
眄 *meːnʔ, *meːns
麪 *meːns

Pronunciation

Note:
  • miang2 - Shantou;
  • miêng2 - Chaozhou.
    Rime
    Character 眄 眄
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
    Final (韻) 先 (85) 先 (85)
    Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) IV IV
    Fanqie 彌殄切 莫甸切
    Baxter menX menH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/menX/ /menH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/menX/ /menH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/mɛnX/ /mɛnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/mɛnX/ /mɛnH/
    Li
    Rong         		/menX/ /menH/
    Wang
    Li         		/mienX/ /mienH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/mienX/ /mienH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		miǎn miàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		min5 min6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 眄
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		miǎn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ menX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mˁeʔ/
    English look askance

    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 眄 眄
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 9061 9063
    Phonetic
    component         		丏 丏
    Rime
    group         		元 元
    Rime
    subdivision         		2 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		㨠 麫
    Old
    Chinese         		/*meːnʔ/ /*meːns/

    Definitions

    眄

    1. † to look sideways; to look askance; to give a sidelong glance
    2. † to look; to gaze

    Compounds

    References

    • “眄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
    • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “眄”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 157.

    Japanese

    Kanji

    眄

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. looking askance

    Readings

    • Go-on: めん (men)
    • Kan-on: べん (ben)
    • Kun: かえりみる (kaerimiru, 眄みる)、ながしめ (nagashime)、みる (miru, 眄る)

    Korean

    Hanja

    眄 (eum 면 (myeon))

    1. to look askance
    2. looking dull
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