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Translingual
Han character
眉 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日竹月山 (AHBU), four-corner 77267, composition ⿸𠃜目)
Derived characters
- 𠋥, 𭃽, 𠷯, 堳, 媚, 嵋, 𢃼, 𢔰, 𢰲, 湄, 猸, 𣈲, 𣎊, 楣, 煝, 𤚤, 瑂, 睸, 𥚵, 𧛰, 𡮠, 𥻡, 𫃷(𮉭), 蝞, 𮙣, 𧳬, 𨉭, 鎇(镅), 𩋿, 𫗗, 𩹪, 𱁤
- 𫐹, 𪵟, 䰨, 𮟟, 郿, 𣮮, 𫵇, 𦎨, 𥊟, 𥋜, 𥌏, 𥌙, 鶥(鹛), 𭿰, 𡩏, 葿, 𭾴, 篃, 𩄎, 𬴮, 𠪃, 𮚯, 𡡻, 𣽪, 𦠙, 𡭌, 𧱸
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 803, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23190
- Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2478, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7709
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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眉
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*mril
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楣
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*mril
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嵋
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*bril
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湄
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*mril
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鶥
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*mril
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瑂
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*mril
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郿
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*mril, *mrils
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葿
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*mril
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媚
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*mrils
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篃
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*mrils
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蝞
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*mrills
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煝
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*mrils
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Pictogram (象形) : 𠃜 + 目 (eye), hair above an eye. The component for hair became 𠃜 during the development into the seal and clerical scripts.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-m(u/i/ja)l (“hair; fur; feather”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan སྨིན་མ (smin ma, “eyebrow”), Burmese အမွေး (a.mwe:, “hair; fur; feather”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- bâi - vernacular;
- bî - literary.
Note:
- bhai5 - vernacular;
- mi5 - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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眉
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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méi
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Middle Chinese
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‹ mij ›
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Old Chinese
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/*mr/
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English
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eyebrow
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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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眉
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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8938
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Phonetic component
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眉
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Rime group
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脂
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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眉
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Old Chinese
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/*mril/
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Definitions
眉
- eyebrow (Classifier: 條/条 c; 堂 c)
- (by extension) upper margin of a book, leaflet, or page; header
- Antonym: 腳/脚
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
眉毛 (“eyebrow”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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眉
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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眉毛
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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眉毛, 眼眉
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Taiwan
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眉毛
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Harbin
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眉毛, 眼眉
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Malaysia
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眉毛
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Singapore
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眉毛
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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眼眉
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Jinan
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眉, 眉毛, 眼眉
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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眼眉
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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眉毛
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Wanrong
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眉
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Wanrong (Ronghe)
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眉
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Xi'an
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眉毛, 眉, 眼眉
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Xining
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眉毛
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Xuzhou
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眉毛
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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眉毛
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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眉毛
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Lanzhou
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眉毛
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Ürümqi
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眉毛
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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眉毛
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Wuhan
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眉毛
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Guiyang
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眉毛
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Guilin
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眉毛
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Liuzhou
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眼眉毛, 眉毛
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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眉毛
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Yangzhou
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眉毛
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Hefei
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眉毛
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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眼眉, 眼眉毛
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Hong Kong
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眼眉, 眼眉毛, 眉
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Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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眼眉毛
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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眉毛
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Macau
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眉毛
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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眼眉
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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眼眉
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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眼眉毛
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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眼眉毛
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Foshan
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眼眉
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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眼眉
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Foshan (Shunde)
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眼眉
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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眼眉毛
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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眼眉毛
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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眼眉
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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眼眉
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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眼眉
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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眼眉
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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眼眉
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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眼眉
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Taishan
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眉毛
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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眼眉
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Enping (Niujiang)
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眼眉
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Heshan (Yayao)
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眼眉
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Dongguan
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眼眉, 眼眉毛
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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眼眉
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Yangjiang
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眼眉
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Xinyi
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眼眉
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Nanning
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眼眉毛
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Wuzhou
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眼眉毛
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Yulin
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眉毛, 眼眉毛
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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眼眉毛
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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眼眉
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Gan
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Nanchang
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眉毛
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Lichuan
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眉毛
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Pingxiang
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眉毛
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Hakka
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Meixian
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目眉毛
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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眼眉毛
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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眼毛
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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眼眉毛
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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眼眉毛
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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眉毛
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Changting
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目眉毛, 眉毛
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Wuping
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目眉毛
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Ninghua
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眼眉
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Yudu
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眉毛, 眉毛牯
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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目眉毛
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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目眉毛
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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目眉毛
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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目眉毛
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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目眉毛
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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目眉
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Hong Kong
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眼眉毛
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Luchuan (Daqiao)
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眉毛
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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目眉毛
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Senai (Huiyang)
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眼眉
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Singkawang
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目眉毛
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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眉毛
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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眉毛
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Xinzhou
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眉毛
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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眉毛
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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眉毛
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Fuqing
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眉毛
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Matsu
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眉毛
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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目眉, 目眉毛, 目睭毛
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Quanzhou
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目眉, 目眉毛
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Jinjiang
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目眉, 目眉毛
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Yongchun
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目眉
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Zhangzhou
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目眉, 目眉毛, 目毛, 目睭毛 with eyelash
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Taipei
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目眉
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Kaohsiung
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目眉
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Yilan
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目眉
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Changhua (Lukang)
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目眉
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Taichung
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目眉
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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目眉
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Tainan
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目眉
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Taitung
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目眉
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Hsinchu
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目眉
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Penghu (Magong)
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目眉
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Penang (Hokkien)
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目眉
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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目眉, 目眉毛
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Manila (Hokkien)
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目眉
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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眉毛
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Chaozhou
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目眉
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Shantou
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目眉
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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目眉
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Jieyang
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目眉
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Haifeng
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眉
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Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
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目眉
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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目眉
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Singapore (Teochew)
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目眉
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Leizhou
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目眉
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Wenchang
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眉
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Haikou
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目眉, 眉毛
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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目眉毛
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Xianyou
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目眉毛
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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眉毛
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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眼眉, 眼眉毛, 眉毛
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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眉毛
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Wu
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Shanghai
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眉毛
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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眉毛
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Suzhou
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眉毛
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Danyang
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眉毛
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Hangzhou
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眉毛
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Ningbo
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眼眉毛
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Wenzhou
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眼黧毛
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Jinhua
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眉毛
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Xiang
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Changsha
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眉毛
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Loudi
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眼眉毛, 眉毛
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Shuangfeng
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眉毛
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Quanzhou
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眉毛
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
眉
(Jōyō kanji)
- eyebrow
Readings
Etymology 1
/majo/ → /maju/
From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū poetry anthology of the mid-700s with the reading mayo.[1] The ma element is very likely 目 (ma, “eye”, ancient combining form of modern me reading), but the derivation of the yo element is unclear.
Pronunciation
Noun
眉 • (mayu)
- eyebrow
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 眉毛 (mayuge): eyebrow (more explicitly refers to the hair of the eyebrow)
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 眉 (MC mij).
Affix
眉 • (bi)
- eyebrow
Etymology 3
From Middle Chinese 眉 (MC mij).
Affix
眉 • (mi)
- eyebrow
References
- ^ “眉”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006}
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 眉 (MC mij). Recorded as Middle Korean 미 (mi) (Yale: mi) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
眉 (eumhun 눈썹 미 (nunsseop mi))
- hanja form? of 미 (“eyebrow”)
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
眉: Hán Nôm readings: mi, mày, mầy, mì, my
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