眊

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眊 U+770A, 眊
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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)

  1. blurred eyesight
  2. 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

simp. and trad.
 眊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (毛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
毛 *maːw, *maːws
髦 *maːw
旄 *maːw, *maːws
芼 *maːw, *maːws
氂 *rɯ, *maːw
枆 *maːw
酕 *maːw
牦 *maːw
耄 *maːws
覒 *maːws
眊 *maːws, *mraːwɢ
耗 *hmaːws
秏 *hmaːws, *hmɯːbs
毣 *mraːwɢ, *moːwɢ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 眊 眊
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 覺 (10)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I II
Fanqie 莫報切 莫角切
Baxter mawH maewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mɑuH/ /mˠʌk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mɑuH/ /mᵚɔk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mɑuH/ /mɔk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mawH/ /maɨwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/mɑuH/ /mɔk̚/
Wang
Li 		/mɑuH/ /mɔk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mɑuH/ /mɔk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mào mò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mou6 mok6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 眊 眊
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8792 8797
Phonetic
component 		毛 毛
Rime
group 		宵 藥
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		冃 邈
Old
Chinese 		/*maːws/ /*mraːwɢ/

Definitions

眊

  1. (literary) blurred in eyesight; dim-sighted
  2. † befuddled; confused
  3. † Alternative form of 旄 (máo, “a kind of ancient flag decorated with yak tails”)
  4. † Alternative form of 耄 (mào, “more than 80 years old; old (age)”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

眊

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. dim-sighted
  2. eyes not seeing clearly

Readings

  • On (unclassified): ぼう (bō)、もう (mō)、ばく (baku)、まく (maku)
  • Kun: おいぼれ (oibore)、くらい (kurai)

Korean

Hanja

眊 (eum 모 (mo))

  1. blurred eyesight
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