眨

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眨 U+7728, 眨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7728
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 眩 →

Translingual

Han character

眨 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹戈人 (BUHIO), four-corner 62037, composition ⿰目乏)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 805, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23253
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2476, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+7728

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 眨

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
砭 *prom, *proms
貶 *promʔ
窆 *proms
泛 *pʰoms, *bob
姂 *pʰoms, *bob, *kpʰob
䒦 *pʰom, *pʰoms
柉 *bom
覂 *poŋʔ
眨 *sproːb
鴔 *brub
乏 *bob

Pronunciation

Note: zaap3 - literary.
Rime
Character 眨
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 莊 (18)
Final (韻) 洽 (152)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 側洽切
Baxter tsreap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ʃˠɛp̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈ͡ʂᵚæp̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ʃɐp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈ͡ʂəɨp̚/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ʃɐp̚/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ʃɐp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʈ͡ʂăp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zha
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zaap3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 眨
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhǎ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsrɛp ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mə-ˁrp/ (< *mə-S.pˁrap ?)
English blink, wink

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 眨
Reading # 1/1
No. 2850
Phonetic
component 		乏
Rime
group 		盍
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		眨
Old
Chinese 		/*sproːb/

Definitions

眨

  1. to blink; to wink
    佢碰見猛男，對眼會猛咁眨 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢碰见猛男，对眼会猛咁眨 [Cantonese, simp.]
    From: Samuei Hui, 尖沙咀Susie
    keoi5 pung3 gin3 maang5 naam4, deoi3 ngaan5 wui5 maang5 gam3 zaam2
    If she encounters a hunk, her eyes will bat non-stop
  2. (Hakka) to close one's eyes

Synonyms

  • (to blink): (regional) 眨巴 (zhǎba); (Hakka, Eastern Min, Souther Min) 𥍉／𱳅 (shè)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

眨

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. wink

Readings

  • Go-on: しょう (shō)
  • Kan-on: そう (sō)
  • Kun: またたく (matataku, 眨く)

Korean

Hanja

眨 • (jap) (hangeul 잡, revised jap, McCune–Reischauer chap, Yale cap)

  1. wink
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