眉

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See also: 盾
眉 U+7709, 眉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7709
← 眈
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 眊 →

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

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

simp. and trad.
 眉
2nd round simp. 𠃜
alternative forms 屓／屃
𪎯
𪎭
𣅩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 眉
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (眉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
眉 *mril
楣 *mril
嵋 *bril
湄 *mril
鶥 *mril
瑂 *mril
郿 *mril, *mrils
葿 *mril
媚 *mrils
篃 *mrils
蝞 *mrills
煝 *mrils

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.
Rime
Character 眉
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 武悲切
Baxter mij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mji/
Li
Rong 		/mji/
Wang
Li 		/mi/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mei4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 眉
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		méi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mij ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mr/
English eyebrow

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 眉
Reading # 1/1
No. 8938
Phonetic
component 		眉
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		眉
Old
Chinese 		/*mril/

Definitions

眉

  1. eyebrow (Classifier: 條／条 c; 堂 c)
  2. (by extension) upper margin of a book, leaflet, or page; header
    Antonym: 腳／脚

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 眉毛 (“eyebrow”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 眉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 眉毛
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 眉毛, 眼眉
Taiwan 眉毛
Harbin 眉毛, 眼眉
Malaysia 眉毛
Singapore 眉毛
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 眼眉
Jinan 眉, 眉毛, 眼眉
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 眼眉
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 眉毛
Wanrong 眉
Wanrong (Ronghe) 眉
Xi'an 眉毛, 眉, 眼眉
Xining 眉毛
Xuzhou 眉毛
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 眉毛
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 眉毛
Lanzhou 眉毛
Ürümqi 眉毛
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 眉毛
Wuhan 眉毛
Guiyang 眉毛
Guilin 眉毛
Liuzhou 眼眉毛, 眉毛
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 眉毛
Yangzhou 眉毛
Hefei 眉毛
Cantonese Guangzhou 眼眉, 眼眉毛
Hong Kong 眼眉, 眼眉毛, 眉
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 眼眉毛
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 眉毛
Macau 眉毛
Guangzhou (Panyu) 眼眉
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 眼眉
Guangzhou (Conghua) 眼眉毛
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 眼眉毛
Foshan 眼眉
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 眼眉
Foshan (Shunde) 眼眉
Foshan (Sanshui) 眼眉毛
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 眼眉毛
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 眼眉
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 眼眉
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 眼眉
Zhuhai (Doumen) 眼眉
Jiangmen (Baisha) 眼眉
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 眼眉
Taishan 眉毛
Kaiping (Chikan) 眼眉
Enping (Niujiang) 眼眉
Heshan (Yayao) 眼眉
Dongguan 眼眉, 眼眉毛
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 眼眉
Yangjiang 眼眉
Xinyi 眼眉
Nanning 眼眉毛
Wuzhou 眼眉毛
Yulin 眉毛, 眼眉毛
Hepu (Lianzhou) 眼眉毛
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 眼眉
Gan Nanchang 眉毛
Lichuan 眉毛
Pingxiang 眉毛
Hakka Meixian 目眉毛
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 眼眉毛
Dongguan (Qingxi) 眼毛
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 眼眉毛
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 眼眉毛
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 眉毛
Changting 目眉毛, 眉毛
Wuping 目眉毛
Ninghua 眼眉
Yudu 眉毛, 眉毛牯
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 目眉毛
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 目眉毛
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 目眉毛
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 目眉毛
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 目眉毛
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 目眉
Hong Kong 眼眉毛
Luchuan (Daqiao) 眉毛
Sabah (Longchuan) 目眉毛
Senai (Huiyang) 眼眉
Singkawang 目眉毛
Huizhou Jixi 眉毛
Jin Taiyuan 眉毛
Xinzhou 眉毛
Northern Min Jian'ou 眉毛
Eastern Min Fuzhou 眉毛
Fuqing 眉毛
Matsu 眉毛
Southern Min Xiamen 目眉, 目眉毛, 目睭毛
Quanzhou 目眉, 目眉毛
Jinjiang 目眉, 目眉毛
Yongchun 目眉
Zhangzhou 目眉, 目眉毛, 目毛, 目睭毛 with eyelash
Taipei 目眉
Kaohsiung 目眉
Yilan 目眉
Changhua (Lukang) 目眉
Taichung 目眉
Taichung (Wuqi) 目眉
Tainan 目眉
Taitung 目眉
Hsinchu 目眉
Penghu (Magong) 目眉
Penang (Hokkien) 目眉
Singapore (Hokkien) 目眉, 目眉毛
Manila (Hokkien) 目眉
Pingnan (Shangdu) 眉毛
Chaozhou 目眉
Shantou 目眉
Shantou (Chenghai) 目眉
Jieyang 目眉
Haifeng 眉
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 目眉
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 目眉
Singapore (Teochew) 目眉
Leizhou 目眉
Wenchang 眉
Haikou 目眉, 眉毛
Puxian Min Putian 目眉毛
Xianyou 目眉毛
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 眉毛
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 眼眉, 眼眉毛, 眉毛
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 眉毛
Wu Shanghai 眉毛
Shanghai (Chongming) 眉毛
Suzhou 眉毛
Danyang 眉毛
Hangzhou 眉毛
Ningbo 眼眉毛
Wenzhou 眼黧毛
Jinhua 眉毛
Xiang Changsha 眉毛
Loudi 眼眉毛, 眉毛
Shuangfeng 眉毛
Quanzhou 眉毛

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

眉

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. eyebrow

Readings

  • Go-on: み (mi, Jōyō †)
  • Kan-on: び (bi, Jōyō)
  • Kun: まゆ (mayu, 眉, Jōyō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
眉
まゆ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

/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(まゆ) • (mayu) 

  1. eyebrow
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
眉
び
Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 眉 (MC mij).

Affix

眉(び) • (bi) 

  1. eyebrow

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
眉
み
Grade: S
goon

From Middle Chinese 眉 (MC mij).

Affix

眉(み) • (mi) 

  1. eyebrow

References

  1. ^ “眉”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006}
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

眉 (eumhun 눈썹 미 (nunsseop mi))

  1. hanja form? of 미 (“eyebrow”)

Compounds

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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References

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