眇

眇 U+7707, 眇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7707 ← 眆 [U+7706] CJK Unified Ideographs 眈 → [U+7708]

Translingual

Han character

眇 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山火竹 (BUFH), four-corner 6902₀, composition ⿰目少)

1. blind in one eye
2. minute, minuscule

Derived characters

• 𠋝, 𭒈, 渺, 𥻠, 緲, 缈, 𫬣, 𪃐, 𪃦, 𬸙, 𪃧, 𫛹, 𦳥, 篎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 802, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23188
• Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2472, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7707

Chinese

simp. and trad.		眇
alternative forms		妙 “tiny” 渺 “tiny; distant” 仯 “blind” 𥋐 𢡾 妙 “tiny” 渺 “tiny; distant” 仯 “blind” 𥋐 𢡾 𢡸

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (小) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
觘	*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
抄	*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
鈔	*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
訬	*sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ
炒	*sʰroːʔ
吵	*sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ
耖	*sm̥ʰreːws
仯	*sm̥ʰreːws
眇	*mewʔ
渺	*mewʔ
杪	*mewʔ
秒	*mewʔ
篎	*mewʔ, *mews
妙	*mews
玅	*mews
釥	*sm̥ʰewʔ
小	*smewʔ
少	*hmjewʔ, *hmjews
麨	*m̥ʰjewʔ
尠	*senʔ, *smos

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miǎo (miao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miǎo
    • Wade–Giles: miao³
    • Yale: myǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meau
    • Palladius: мяо (mjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: miu⁵
    • Yale: míuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biáu
    • Tâi-lô: biáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biao
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /biau⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjiewX

Rime
Character	眇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	亡沼切
Baxter	mjiewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miawX/
Li Rong	/miɛuX/
Wang Li	/mĭɛuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]ewʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mewʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	眇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	miǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ mjiewX ›
Old Chinese	/*[m]ewʔ/
English	very small, minute
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	眇
Reading #	1/1
No.	13694
Phonetic component	小
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	眇
Old Chinese	/*mewʔ/

Definitions

眇

1. (archaic) to be blind (in one eye)
2. (archaic) to squint; to peer; to examine carefully
3. (archaic) distant; faraway
4. (literary) tiny; minute; minuscule
5. (archaic) high; lofty; utmost

Compounds

• 俯遂幽眇
• 幼眇
• 幽眇
• 微眇
• 杳眇
• 眇天末
• 眇小 (miǎoxiǎo)
• 眇小丈夫
• 眇然
• 眇眇
• 眇眇忽忽
• 眇覿 / 眇觌
• 眇風 / 眇风
• 眇默
• 瞟眇
• 窅眇
• 要眇
• 飄眇 / 飘眇

 

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 眇 – see 妙 (“subtle; mysterious; profound; fine; glorious; marvelous; wonderful; exquisite; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 妙).

Japanese

Kanji

眇

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. squint

Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}
• Kan-on: びょう (byō)^{←べう (beu, historical)}
• Kun: すがめ (sugame, 眇)、すがめる (sugameru, 眇める)、めっかち (mekkachi, 眇)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
眇
びょう Hyōgai
kan'on

Adjective

眇(びょう) • (byō) ^{←べう (beu)?†}-tari (adnominal 眇(びょう)とした (byō to shita) or 眇(びょう)たる (byō taru), adverbial 眇(びょう)と (byō to) or 眇(びょう)として (byō to shite))

1. (obsolete) small, minor, trifling

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "眇たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	眇たら	べうたら	beutara
Continuative (連用形)	眇と[1] 眇たり[2]	べうと べうたり	beuto beutari
Terminal (終止形)	眇たり	べうたり	beutari
Attributive (連体形)	眇たる	べうたる	beutaru
Realis (已然形)	眇たれ	べうたれ	beutare
Imperative (命令形)	眇たれ	べうたれ	beutare
Key constructions
Negative	眇たらず	べうたらず	beutarazu
Contrasting conjunction	眇たれど	べうたれど	beutaredo
Causal conjunction	眇たれば	べうたれば	beutareba
Conditional conjunction	眇たらば	べうたらば	beutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	眇たりき	べうたりき	beutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	眇たりけり	べうたりけり	beutarikeri
Adverbial	眇と	べうと	beuto
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb.

Derived terms

• 眇眇(びょうびょう) (byōbyō)

Noun

眇(びょう) • (byō) ^{←べう (beu)?}

1. (obsolete) squint; strabismus

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
眇
すがめ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 眇 – see the following entry.

【すがめ】 [noun] squinting [noun] squint, strabismus [verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of すがめる (sugameru) [ichidan]

(This term, 眇, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
眇
めっかち Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 眇 – see the following entry.

【めっかち】 [noun] (sensitive) blind in one eye [noun] (sensitive) having eyes of different sizes Alternative spelling 眇目

(This term, 眇, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

眇 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune–Reischauer myo, Yale myo)

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