眉

Translingual

Han character

眉 (radical 109 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日竹月山 (AHBU), four-corner 7726₇, composition ⿸𠃜目)

1. eyebrows
2. upper margin of book

References

• KangXi: page 803, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23190
• Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2478, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7709

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Cantonese

Hanzi

眉 (jyutping mei4, Yale mei4)

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Japanese

Kanji

眉 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. eyebrow

Readings

• Goon: み (mi)
• Kan’on: び (bi)
• Kun: まゆ (mayu)

Etymology

According to one theory, まゆ is a compound from Old Japanese ま ("eye") + うえ ("above"). However, the modern reading まゆ is an alteration of the older reading まよ. The etymology is thus unclear; possibly a compound of ま ("eye") + よ (unknown).

Noun

眉 (hiragana まゆ, romaji mayu)

1. eyebrow

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Korean

Hanja

眉 (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

眉 (pinyin kān (kan1), méi (mei2), Wade-Giles k'an¹, mei²)

Compounds

• 眼眉 (yǎn méi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

眉 (my, mi, mày, mầy, mì)