眹

眹 U+7739, 眹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7739 ← 眸 [U+7738] CJK Unified Ideographs 眺 → [U+773A]

Translingual

Han character

眹 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月山廿大 (BUTK), four-corner 6803₅, composition ⿰目关)

1. pupil

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 807, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23313
• Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2487, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7739

Chinese

trad.		眹
simp. #		眹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
黱	*l'ɯːs
朕	*l'ɯmʔ
鰧	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ
螣	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ
栚	*l'ɯmʔ
眹	*l'ɯnʔ
騰	*l'ɯːŋ
滕	*l'ɯːŋ
縢	*l'ɯːŋ
儯	*l'ɯːŋ
幐	*l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːŋs
藤	*l'ɯːŋ
謄	*l'ɯːŋ
膡	*l'ɯːŋ, *hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
籐	*l'ɯːŋ
勝	*hljɯŋ, *hljɯŋs
蕂	*hljɯŋs
榺	*hljɯŋs
塍	*ɦljɯŋ
媵	*ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
賸	*ɦljɯŋs, *lɯŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèn (zhen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan⁶, zam⁶, zan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèn
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴
    • Yale: jèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenn
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan⁶, zam⁶, zan²
    • Yale: jahn, jahm, ján
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan⁶, dzam⁶, dzan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen⁶, zem⁶, zen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn²²/, /t͡sɐm²²/, /t͡sɐn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drinX

Rime
Character	眹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直引切
Baxter	drinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚinX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡienX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖjinX/
Li Rong	/ȡjĕnX/
Wang Li	/ȡǐĕnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ĕnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	眹
Reading #	1/1
No.	17114
Phonetic component	朕
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	紖
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯnʔ/
Notes	見周禮鄭注，莊子通朕

Definitions

眹

1. (literary) pupil
2. Alternative form of 朕 (zhèn, “sign; omen”)

Japanese

Kanji

眹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ちん (chin); じん (jin); しょう (shō)
• Kun: ひとみ (hitomi)