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U+773C, 眼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-773C

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Stroke order
11 strokes

Han character

(Kangxi radical 109, +6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月山日女 (BUAV), four-corner 67032, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 807, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23318
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2488, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+773C

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋrɯːnʔ) : semantic (eye) + phonetic (OC *kɯːns).

Etymology 1

Derived from Etymology 2 (Sagart, 1999). Displaced common Sino-Tibetan (OC *muɡ, “eye”) in many dialects.

Pronunciation


Note: ngaan5-2 - nominal classifier.
Note:
  • gán - literary;
  • géng/kéng/ngúi/ngái/kán - vernacular (limited to 龍眼龙眼).

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ian²¹⁴/
Harbin /ian²¹³/
Tianjin /ian¹³/
Jinan /iã⁵⁵/
Qingdao /iã⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ian⁵³/
Xi'an /niã⁵³/
Xining /ȵiã⁵³/
Yinchuan /ian⁵³/
Lanzhou /iɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /ian⁵¹/
Wuhan /iɛn⁴²/
Chengdu /ian⁵³/
Guiyang /ian⁴²/
Kunming /iɛ̃⁵³/
Nanjing /ien²¹²/
Hefei /iĩ²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /ie⁵³/
/nie⁵³/
Pingyao /ȵiɑŋ⁵³/
Hohhot /ie⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /ŋe²³/
Suzhou /ŋe̞³¹/
Hangzhou /ʔiẽ̞⁵³/
Wenzhou /ŋa³⁵/
Hui Shexian /ŋɛ³⁵/
Tunxi /ŋɔ²⁴/
Xiang Changsha /iẽ⁴¹/
/ŋan⁴¹/
Xiangtan /ŋan⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /ŋan²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /ŋian³¹/
Taoyuan /ŋien³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ŋan²³/
Nanning /ŋɛn²⁴/
Hong Kong /ŋan¹³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /gan⁵³/
/giŋ⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋaŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ŋaiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /ŋaŋ⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hai²¹³/ 龍~
/mak̚³/ 訓目

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (73)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter ngeanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠɛnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋᵚænX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋəɨnX/
Li
Rong
/ŋɛnX/
Wang
Li
/ŋænX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋănX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngaan5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngɛnX ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁ<r>əʔ/
English eye

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 3914
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋrɯːnʔ/

Definitions

  1. (anatomy) eye (Classifier: m c;  m c;  c)
    See also:
  2. to see; to view; to see ... in person
  3. to keep sight of; to monitor; to watch
  4. sight; vision
  5. Classifier for actions of the eye: glance; glimpse
      ―  dèng le tā yī yǎn  ―  to give him a stare
    [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 ngaan5 tai2 saai3   ―  to see everything in a glance
  6. to testify; to witness
  7. eyelet; aperture; hole; opening
  8. tempo in the opera
    一板三  ―  yībǎnsānyǎn  ―  one strong beat and three weak beats in the four-beat rhythm
  9. territory in game Go (board game).
  10. loophole; shortcoming
  11. bubbles of boiling water
  12. mesh
  13. key point; critical moment
  14. (go) trap
  15. Classifier for springs, wells and ponds.
  16. (Northern Wu) some; a bit
    只是 [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]
    6ngu 7tseq-zy 7chiq-leq 7iq-nge-meq [Wugniu]
    I just ate a bit!
  17. (Cantonese, mahjong) two identical tiles which are an essential part of a legal winning hand
  18. (Cantonese) Classifier for lamps.
    [Cantonese]  ―  loeng5 ngaan5-2 dang1   ―  two lamps
  19. (Cantonese) Classifier for needles.
    [Cantonese]  ―  saam1 ngaan5-2 zam1   ―  three needles
Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation



BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wěn
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngonX ›
Old
Chinese
/*ŋˁəʔ/
English protrude as a knob

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.

Definitions

  1. protruding; bulging (like bulging eyes)

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. eyeball

Readings

  • Go-on: げん (gen, Jōyō )
  • Kan-on: がん (gan, Jōyō)
  • On: ごん (gon)
  • Kun: まなこ (manako, , Jōyō) (me)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
まなこ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
まなこ
the pupil; also, the eyes in general
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
, : eye
Alternative spelling
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  • Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1978) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 3: Daihannya-kyō Ongi, Daihannya-kyō Jishō (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, →ISBN


Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC ngeanX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅌᅡᆫ〯 (Yale: ngǎn)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 눈〮 (Yale: nwún) 안〯 (Yale: ǎn)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun (nun an))

  1. hanja form? of (eye)

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

Readings

: Hán Việt readings: nhẫn, nhãn
: Nôm readings: nhởn, nhản, nhan, nhẫn, nhãn

  1. chữ Hán form of nhãn (longan).

References