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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
睛 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月山手一月 (BUQMB), four-corner 65027, composition ⿰目青)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 810, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23438
- Dae Jaweon: page 1225, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2493, character 12
- Unihan data for U+775B
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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猜
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*sʰlɯː
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輤
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*sʰleːns
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綪
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*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
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倩
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*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
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棈
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*sʰleːns
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蒨
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*sʰeːns
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篟
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*sʰeːns
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生
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*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
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牲
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*sreŋ
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笙
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*sreŋ
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甥
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*sreŋ
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鉎
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*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
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珄
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*sreŋ
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鼪
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*sreŋ, *sreŋs
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猩
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*sreŋ, *seːŋ
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狌
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*sreŋ
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眚
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*sreŋʔ
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貹
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*sreŋs
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崝
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*zreːŋ
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精
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*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
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菁
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*ʔsleŋ
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鶄
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*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
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蜻
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*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
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鼱
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*ʔsleŋ
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婧
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*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
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睛
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*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
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箐
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*ʔsleŋ
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聙
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*ʔsleŋ
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旌
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*ʔsleŋ
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清
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*sʰleŋ
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圊
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*sʰleŋ
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請
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*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
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凊
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*sʰleŋs
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䝼
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*zleŋs, *zleŋ
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靚
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*zleŋs
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情
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*zleŋ
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晴
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*zleŋ
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夝
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*zleŋ
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靜
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*zleŋʔ
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靖
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*zleŋʔ
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睲
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*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
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惺
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*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
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性
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*sleŋs
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姓
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*sleŋs
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靗
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*l̥ʰeŋs
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鯖
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*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
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青
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*sʰleːŋ
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靘
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*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
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掅
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*sʰleːŋs
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胜
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*sleːŋ
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曐
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*sleːŋ
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星
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*sleːŋ
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鮏
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*sleːŋ
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腥
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*seːŋ, *seːŋs
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鯹
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*seːŋ
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醒
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*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
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篂
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*seːŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ) : semantic 目 + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).
Pronunciation 1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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睛
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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11333
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Phonetic component
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生
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Rime group
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耕
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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精
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔsleŋ/
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Definitions
睛
- eyeball
- pupil of eye
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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睛
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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11341
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Phonetic component
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生
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Rime group
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耕
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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請
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Old Chinese
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/*sʰleŋʔ/
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Definitions
睛
- (literary) Only used in 眳睛.
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
睛
- (Hokkien) Only used in 覷睛/觑睛.
References
Japanese
Kanji
睛
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 睛 (MC tsjeng). Recorded as Middle Korean 져ᇰ (cyeng) (Yale: cyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
睛 (eumhun 눈동자 정 (nundongja jeong))
- hanja form? of 정 (“pupil”)
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.