眨

眨 U+7728, 眨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7728 ← 眧 [U+7727] CJK Unified Ideographs 眩 → [U+7729]

Translingual

Han character

眨 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹戈人 (BUHIO), four-corner 6203₇, composition ⿰目乏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 805, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23253
• Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎ (zha³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam², zaap³

• Eastern Min (BUC): tiák
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chap / chha̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎ
    • Wade–Giles: cha³
    • Yale: jǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaa
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaam², zaap³
    • Yale: jáam, jaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam², dzaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zam², zab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːm³⁵/, /t͡saːp̚³/

Note: zaap3 - literary.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tiák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiɑʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chap
    • Tâi-lô: tsap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zab
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sap̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: tsha̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhap
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰap̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsreap

Rime
Character	眨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	咸 (152)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	側洽切
Baxter	tsreap
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaap3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-[ts]ˤr[a]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sproːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	眨
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrɛp ›
Old Chinese	/*mə-[ts]ˁr[a]p/ (< *mə-S.pˁrap ?)
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/

Definitions

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 gam³ zaam² [Jyutping]

   If she encounters a hunk, her eyes will bat non-stop

2. (Hakka) to close one's eyes

Synonyms

• (to blink): (regional) 眨巴 (zhǎba); (Hakka, Eastern Min, Souther Min) 𥍉 (shè)

Compounds

• 一眨眼
• 不眨眼
• 目眨
• 目眨眨
• 目眨眨仔
• 眨一下目
• 眨巴 (zhǎba)
• 眨目
• 眨眼 (zhǎyǎn)
• 霍霍眨眨

 

Japanese

Kanji

眨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. wink

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)
• Kun: またたく (matataku, 眨く)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. wink