眩

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眩 U+7729, 眩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7729
← 眨
[U+7728] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 眪 →
[U+772A]

Translingual

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Han character

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眩 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山卜女戈 (BUYVI), four-corner 60032, composition ⿰目玄)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 805, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23254
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2482, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7729

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 眩
alternative forms 眴

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (玄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
弦 *ɡeːn
絃 *ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn
舷 *ɡeːn
痃 *ɡeːn
胘 *ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn
蚿 *ɡeːn
伭 *ɡeːn
婱 *ɡeːn
玄 *ɡʷeːn
眩 *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玹 *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玆 *ɡʷeːn
詃 *kʷeːn
泫 *ɡʷeːn
鉉 *ɡʷeːn
炫 *ɡʷeːn
袨 *ɡʷeːn
衒 *ɡʷeːn
惤 *ɡʷreːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).

Etymology

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Related to 熒 (OC wêŋ). See there for more.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • hiân - literary;
  • hîn - vernacular.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: hiêng5 / hiang5 / hing5 / hêng5
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiêng / hiâng / hîng / hêng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /hieŋ⁵⁵/, /hiaŋ⁵⁵/, /hiŋ⁵⁵/, /heŋ⁵⁵/
Note:
  • hiêng5 - literary (Chaozhou);
  • hiang5 - literary (Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang);
  • hing5 - vernacular (Chaozhou);
  • hêng5 - vernacular (Jieyang).
    Rime
    Character 眩 眩
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 匣 (33)
    Final (韻) 先 (86) 先 (86)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed Closed
    Division (等) IV IV
    Fanqie 胡涓切 黃練切
    Baxter hwen hwenH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɦwen/ /ɦwenH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɦʷen/ /ɦʷenH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɣuɛn/ /ɣuɛnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɦwɛn/ /ɦwɛnH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɣuen/ /ɣuenH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɣiwen/ /ɣiwenH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ɣiwen/ /ɣiwenH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		xuán xuàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		jyun4 jyun6
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 眩 眩
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 14030 14037
    Phonetic
    component         		玄 玄
    Rime
    group         		元 元
    Rime
    subdivision         		2 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		玄 泫
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡʷeːn/ /*ɡʷeːn/

    Definitions

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    眩

    1. dizzy; giddy; vertiginous
    2. (literary) puzzled; bewildered
    3. Alternative form of 炫 (xuàn, “to dazzle”)

    Synonyms

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    Dialectal synonyms of 暈 (“dizzy; giddy”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 暈
    Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 暈
    Singapore 暈
    Cantonese Hong Kong 暈
    Singapore (Guangfu) 暈
    Southern Min Xiamen 眩
    Quanzhou 眩
    Zhangzhou 眩
    Tainan 眩, 楞
    Penang (Hokkien) 眩
    Singapore (Hokkien) 眩, 楞
    Manila (Hokkien) 眩
    Raoping 眩
    Jieyang 眩, 愩
    Singapore (Teochew) 眩
    Wenchang 眩
    Singapore (Hainanese) 眩

    Compounds

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    References

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    • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “眩”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.

    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    眩

    (Hyōgai kanji)

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    Readings

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    Korean

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    Hanja

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    眩 • (hyeon, hwan) (hangeul 현, 환, revised hyeon, hwan, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn, hwan, Yale hyen, hwan)

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