三白眼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	白	眼
さん Grade: 1	はく > ぱく Grade: 1	がん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 三白(さんぱく) (sanpaku)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さんぱく​がん [sàńpákúꜜgàǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [sã̠mpa̠kɯ̟ᵝɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

三(さん)白(ぱく)眼(がん) • (sanpakugan) 

1. eye with a large proportion of white, the iris being surrounded by white from the three directions of left, bottom, and right

Descendants

• → English: sanpaku
• → Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三白眼