眼

See also: 眠
眼 U+773C, 眼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-773C
← 眻
[U+773B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 眽 →
[U+773D]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 眼

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (艮) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
艱 *krɯːn
齦 *kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
眼 *ŋrɯːnʔ
蛝 *ɡrɯːn
限 *ɡrɯːnʔ
硍 *ɡrɯːnʔ
豤 *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
詪 *ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
根 *kɯːn
跟 *kɯːn
珢 *kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
艮 *kɯːns
茛 *kɯːns
墾 *kʰɯːnʔ
懇 *kʰɯːnʔ
垠 *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿 *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
痕 *ɡɯːn
拫 *ɡɯːn
鞎 *ɡɯːn
很 *ɡɯːnʔ
恨 *ɡɯːns
銀 *ŋrɯn
檭 *ŋrɯn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋrɯːnʔ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns).

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Note:
  • gán - literary;
  • géng/kéng/ngúi/ngái/kán - vernacular (limited to 龍眼／龙眼).
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 眼
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/ 新
/nie⁵³/ 舊
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 (Min Nan) /gan⁵³/
/giŋ⁵³/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ŋaŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ŋaiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /ŋaŋ⁵³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /hai²¹³/ 龍～
/mak̚³/ 訓目
Rime
Character 眼
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 山 (73)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 五限切
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 眼
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yǎn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngɛnX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ŋ]ˤ<r>ə[n]ʔ/
English eye

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 眼
Reading # 1/1
No. 3914
Phonetic
component		 艮
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 眼
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋrɯːnʔ/

Definitions

眼

  1. (anatomy) eye (Classifier: 隻／只; 雙／双)
    ⇒ 目
  2. † to see; to view; to see ... in person
  3. † to keep sight of; to monitor; to watch
  4. sight; vision
  5. † to testify; to witness
  6. eyelet; aperture; hole; opening
  7. † loophole; shortcoming
  8. † bubbles of boiling water
  9. mesh
  10. key point; critical moment
  11. (go) trap
  12. Classifier for springs, wells and ponds.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 眼睛 (“eye”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 目
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 眼睛
Mandarin Beijing 眼睛
Taiwan 眼睛
Harbin 眼睛
Shenyang 眼睛
Hailar 眼睛
Ulan Hot 眼睛
Tongliao 眼睛
Chifeng 眼睛、眼珠子
Bayanhot 眼睛
Jinan 眼
Muping 眼
Luoyang 眼
Jiedian 眼窩
Xi'an 眼睛、眼窩 suburbs
Zhengzhou 眼
Xining 眼睛、眼窩
Xuzhou 眼睛、眼
Yinchuan 眼睛
Lanzhou 眼
Ürümqi 眼睛
Wuhan 眼睛
Chengdu 眼睛
Guiyang 眼睛
Guilin 眼睛
Liuzhou 眼睛
Kunming 眼睛
Yangzhou 眼睛
Nanjing 眼睛
Hefei 眼
Cantonese Guangzhou 眼
Hong Kong 眼
Shunde 眼
Foshan 眼
Zhongshan 眼
Dongguan 眼
Hong Kong (Weitou) 眼
Taishan 眼
Doumen 眼
Kaiping 眼
Shaoguan 眼、眼睛
Yunfu 眼
Yangjiang 眼
Xinyi 眼
Lianjiang 眼
Nanning 眼
Wuzhou 眼
Yulin 眼
Hepu 眼
Danzhou 眼
Kuala Lumpur 眼
Gan Nanchang 眼睛
Lichuan 眼睛
Pingxiang 眼珠
Hakka Meixian 眼珠、目珠
Xingning 眼珠
Huidong 眼珠
Qujiang 眼珠
Xiaosanjiang 眼
Luchuan 眼睛
Changting 目珠
Pingyu 眼珠、目珠
Wuping 目珠
Liancheng 目珠
Ninghua 眼珠
Yudu 眼睛
Ruijin 眼珠
Shicheng 眼睛
Shangyou 眼珠
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 目珠
Liudui (S. Sixian) 目珠、眼珠
Hsinchu (Hailu) 目珠
Dongshi (Dabu) 目珠
Zhuolan (Raoping) 目珠
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 目珠
Hong Kong 眼
Sabah 眼、眼珠仁
Senai 眼
Singkawang 目珠
Huizhou Shexian 眼、眼睛
Tunxi 眼睛
Jixi 眼睛、眼烏珠、眼烏珠子
Jin Taiyuan 眼睛、眼
Xinzhou 眼
Baochang 眼睛
Jining 眼窩
Hohhot 眼窩
Baotou 眼窩
Dongsheng 眼窩
Linhe 眼窩
Haibowan 眼窩
Min Bei Jian'ou 目睭
Dikou 目睭
Songxi 目睭
Zhenghe 目睭
Zhenqian 目睭
Jianyang 目睭
Wuyishan 目睭
Shibei 目睭
Min Dong Fuzhou 目睭、目
Changle 目睭
Fuqing 目睭
Pingtan 目睭
Yongtai 目睭
Gutian 目睭
Fu'an 目睭
Ningde 目睭
Shouning 目睭
Zhouning 目睭
Fuding 目睭
Matsu 目睭
Min Nan Xiamen 目睭、目
Quanzhou 目睭、目
Zhangzhou 目睭、目
Taipei 目睭、目睭仁
Kaohsiung 目睭、目睭仁
Tainan 目睭、目睭仁
Taichung 目睭
Wuqi 目睭
Hsinchu 目睭
Taitung 目睭
Lukang 目睭、目睭仁
Sanxia 目睭仁
Yilan 目睭、目睭仁
Kinmen 目睭
Magong 目睭
Penang 目睭、目
Singapore 目睭
Philippines (Manila) 目睭
Pingnan 目睭
Chaozhou 目
Shantou 目
Johor Bahru 目
Wenchang 目
Haikou 目
Leizhou 目
Puxian Min Putian 目睭
Xianyou 目睭
Pinghua Nanning 眼睛
Guilin 眼睛
Wu Shanghai 眼睛
Suzhou 眼睛、眼烏珠
Hangzhou 眼睛
Wenzhou 眼烏珠、眼靈珠、眼兒珠
Chongming 眼睛、眼烏珠
Danyang 眼睛
Jinhua 眼睛
Ningbo 眼睛
Xiang Changsha 眼睛
Shuangfeng 眼珠
Loudi 眼珠
Quanzhou 眼睛

Compounds

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 眼
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wěn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngonX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋˤə[n]ʔ/
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. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

眼

  1. † protruding; bulging (like bulging eyes)

Japanese

Kanji

眼

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
眼
まなこ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Compound of 目 (ma, “eye”) + の (no, genitive case) + 子 (ko, nominalizing suffix). Initial ma is the unbound form of 目 (me, id).

Pronunciation

Noun

眼 (hiragana まなこ, rōmaji manako)

  1. the pupil; also, the eyes in general
    • c. 790: Daihannya-kyō Ongi (Ishiyamadera manuscript, page 34)
      眼晴 [...] 倭言麻那古

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
眼
め
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Noun

眼 (hiragana め, rōmaji me)

  1. Alternative form of 目

References

  • Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1978) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 3: Daihannya-kyō Ongi, Daihannya-kyō Jishō (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, →ISBN
  1. ↑ 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. ↑ Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.

Korean

Hanja

眼 • (an) (hangeul 안, McCune–Reischauer an, Yale an)

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Vietnamese

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