睢

See also: 雎

睢 U+7762, 睢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7762 ← 睡 [U+7761] CJK Unified Ideographs 督 → [U+7763]

Translingual

Han character

睢 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月山人土 (BUOG) or 難月山人土 (XBUOG), four-corner 6001₄, composition ⿰目隹)

1. stare at
2. looking upward

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 810, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23450
• Dae Jaweon: page 1225, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2497, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7762

Chinese

simp. and trad.		睢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (唯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
匯	*ɢʷrɯːlʔ, *kʰʷriːl
擓	*kʰʷriːl
淮	*ɡʷriːl
睢	*qʰʷel, *sqʰʷil, *qʰʷi, *qʰʷils
嶉	*sqʷi
趡	*skʰʷilʔ
踓	*skʰʷilʔ, *ɢʷilʔ
雖	*sqʰʷi
濉	*sqʰʷi
倠	*qʰʷi
婎	*qʰʷil, *qʰʷils
蓶	*ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
維	*ɢʷi
惟	*ɢʷi
唯	*ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
濰	*ɢʷi
琟	*ɢʷil
鷕	*ɢʷiʔ, *ɢʷiʔ
帷	*ɢʷril
鵻	*sɢʷinʔ, *tjul

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suī, huī (sui¹, hui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟ, ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi¹, seoi¹, fai¹, zoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suei
    • Wade–Giles: sui¹
    • Yale: swēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suei
    • Palladius: суй (suj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huei
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹
    • Yale: hwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi¹, seoi¹, fai¹, zoi¹
    • Yale: jēui, sēui, fāi, jōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey¹, soey¹, fai¹, dzoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu¹, sêu¹, fei¹, zoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/, /sɵy̯⁵⁵/, /fɐi̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sui
    • Tâi-lô: sui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sui⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xjwie, swij, xjwij, xjwijH

Rime
Character	睢	睢	睢	睢
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	心 (16)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	支 (12)	脂 (16)	脂 (16)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	許規切	息遺切	許維切	香季切
Baxter	xjwie	swij	xjwij	xjwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hiuᴇ/	/siuɪ/	/hiuɪ/	/hiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiɛ/	/sʷi/	/hʷi/	/hʷiH/
Shao Rongfen	/xjuɛ/	/sjuɪ/	/xjuɪ/	/xjuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwiə̆/	/swi/	/hwi/	/hwiH/
Li Rong	/xiue/	/sui/	/xui/	/xuiH/
Wang Li	/xǐwe/	/swi/	/xwi/	/xwiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwie̯/	/swi/	/xwi/	/xwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huī	suī	huī	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai1	seoi1	fai1	fai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷel/, /*sqʰʷil/, /*qʰʷi/, /*qʰʷils/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	睢	睢	睢	睢
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	12839	12843	12848	12850
Phonetic component	唯	唯	唯	唯
Rime group	歌	脂	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	2	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	隓	綏	倠	䁤
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷel/	/*sqʰʷil/	/*qʰʷi/	/*qʰʷils/

Definitions

睢

1. to gaze upwards; to stare at; to glare at
2. a surname

Compounds

• 恣睢
• 恣睢無忌／恣睢无忌
• 暴厲恣睢／暴厉恣睢
• 暴戾恣睢
• 睢剌
• 睢河
• 睢盱
• 睢睢
• 睢睢盱盱
• 睢維／睢维
• 睢陽／睢阳

 

References

• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
• “睢”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

睢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. gaze at
2. stare at
3. uninhibited
4. open eyes wide

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki); けい (kei); け (ke); すい (sui)
• Kun: みあげる (miageru)

Korean

Hanja

睢 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

1. gaze at
2. stare at
3. uninhibited