眼

See also 眠

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 艮 – an ability or an action of the eye.

Han character

眼 (radical 109 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月山日女 (BUAV), four-corner 6703₂)

1. eye
2. eyelet, hole, opening

References

• KangXi: page 807, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23318
• Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2488, character 4
• Unihan data for U+773C

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Cantonese

Hanzi

眼 (Yale ngaan5)

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Japanese

Etymology

Compound of ma (“eye”) + no (“genitive case”) + ko (“suffix”). Initial ma is the unbound form of me (“id”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [manako]

Noun

眼 (hiragana まなこ, romaji manako)

1. the pupil; also, the eyes in general
   • c. 790: Daihannya-kyō Ongi (Ishiyamadera manuscript, page 34)

     眼晴 [...] 倭言麻那古

Kanji

眼 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: がん (gan), げん (gen), ごん (gon)
• Kun: まなこ (manako)

References

• 1978, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 3: Daihannya-kyō Ongi, Daihannya-kyō Jishō (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 4-7629-3090-3:

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Korean

Hanja

眼 (hangeul 안, revised an, McCune-Reischauer an, Yale an)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

眼 (pinyin yǎn (yan3), Wade-Giles yen³)

Compounds

• 眼睛
• 眼眉 (yǎn méi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

眼 (nhãn, nhản, nhởn, nhẫn)