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

• 渺 𥻠 緲(缈) 𪃧 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/
Bernard 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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. borgne

Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)
• Kan-on: びょう (byō)
• Kun: すがめ (sugame)

Korean

Hanja

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

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