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眨

眨

Translingual

Han character

眨 (radical 109 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹戈人 (BUHIO), four-corner 62037)

References

  • KangXi: page 805, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23253
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: 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

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ʃˠɛp̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈ͡ʂᵚæp̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ʃɐp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈ͡ʂəɨp̚/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ʃɐp̚/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ʃɐp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʈ͡ʂăp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zha
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 眨
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhǎ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsrɛp ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mə-[ts]ˤr[a]p/ (< *mə-S.pˤrap ?)
English blink, wink

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

Verb

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 gam3zaam2 [Jyutping]
    If she encounters a hunk, her eyes will bat non-stop

Japanese

Kanji

眨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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