Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
血眼 (rare)

Etymology edit

Compound of (chi, blood, bloody) +‎ (me, eye).[1][2][3][4]

First cited to roughly 1120.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()() (chime

  1. [circa 1120] bloodshot eye, such as due to illness or frenzy
    Synonym: 血眼 (chimanako)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN