眉
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Translingual
Han character
眉 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日竹月山 (AHBU), four-corner 77267, composition ⿸𠃜目)
Derived characters
- 𠋥, 𭃽, 𠷯, 堳, 媚, 嵋, 𢃼, 𢔰, 𢰲, 湄, 猸, 𣈲, 𣎊, 楣, 煝, 𤚤, 瑂, 睸, 𥚵, 𧛰, 𡮠, 𥻡, 𫃷(𮉭), 蝞, 𮙣, 𧳬, 𨉭, 鎇(镅), 𩋿, 𫗗, 𩹪, 𱁤
- 𫐹, 𪵟, 䰨, 𮟟, 郿, 𣮮, 𫵇, 𦎨, 𥊟, 𥋜, 𥌏, 𥌙, 鶥(鹛), 𭿰, 𡩏, 葿, 𭾴, 篃, 𩄎, 𬴮, 𠪃, 𮚯, 𡡻, 𣽪, 𦠙, 𡭌, 𧱸
References
- KangXi: page 803, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23190
- Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2478, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7709
Chinese
| simp. and trad. | 眉 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd round simp. | 𠃜 | |
| alternative forms | 屓／屃 𪎯 𪎭 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 眉 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (眉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 眉 | *mril |
| 楣 | *mril |
| 嵋 | *bril |
| 湄 | *mril |
| 鶥 | *mril |
| 瑂 | *mril |
| 郿 | *mril, *mrils |
| 葿 | *mril |
| 媚 | *mrils |
| 篃 | *mrils |
| 蝞 | *mrills |
| 煝 | *mrils |
Pictogram (象形) : 𠃜 + 目 (eye), hair above an eye. The component for hair became 𠃜 during the development into the seal and clerical scripts.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-m(u/i/ja)l (“hair; fur; feather”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan སྨིན་མ (smin ma, “eyebrow”), Burmese အမွေး (a.mwe:, “hair; fur; feather”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
眉
- eyebrow (Classifier: 條／条 c; 堂 c)
- (by extension) upper margin of a book, leaflet, or page; header
- Antonym: 腳／脚 (jiǎo)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 眉毛 (“eyebrow”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 眉 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 眉毛 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 眉毛, 眼眉 |
| Taiwan | 眉毛 | |
| Tianjin | 眼眉 | |
| Harbin | 眉毛, 眼眉 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 眼眉 | |
| Jinan | 眉, 眉毛, 眼眉 | |
| Luoyang | 眉毛 | |
| Wanrong | 眉 | |
| Wanrong (Ronghe) | 眉 | |
| Xi'an | 眉毛, 眉, 眼眉 | |
| Yinchuan | 眉毛 | |
| Lanzhou | 眉毛 | |
| Xining | 眉毛 | |
| Ürümqi | 眉毛 | |
| Wuhan | 眉毛 | |
| Chengdu | 眉毛 | |
| Guiyang | 眉毛 | |
| Guilin | 眉毛 | |
| Liuzhou | 眼眉毛, 眉毛 | |
| Xuzhou | 眉毛 | |
| Yangzhou | 眉毛 | |
| Nanjing | 眉毛 | |
| Hefei | 眉毛 | |
| Malaysia | 眉毛 | |
| Singapore | 眉毛 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 眉毛 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 眼眉, 眼眉毛 |
| Hong Kong | 眼眉, 眼眉毛 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 眼眉毛 | |
| Taishan | 眉毛 | |
| Dongguan | 眼眉, 眼眉毛 | |
| Yangjiang | 眼眉 | |
| Xinyi | 眼眉 | |
| Nanning | 眼眉毛 | |
| Wuzhou | 眼眉毛 | |
| Yulin | 眉毛, 眼眉毛 | |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) | 眼眉毛 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 眼眉 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 眉毛 |
| Lichuan | 眉毛 | |
| Pingxiang | 眉毛 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 目眉毛 |
| Changting | 目眉毛, 眉毛 | |
| Wuping | 目眉毛 | |
| Ninghua | 眼眉 | |
| Yudu | 眉毛, 眉毛牯 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 目眉毛 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 目眉毛 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 目眉毛 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 目眉毛 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 目眉毛 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 目眉 | |
| Hong Kong | 眼眉毛 | |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) | 眉毛 | |
| Sabah (Longchuan) | 目眉毛 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 眼眉 | |
| Singkawang | 目眉毛 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 眉毛 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 眉毛 |
| Xinzhou | 眉毛 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 眉毛 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 眉毛 |
| Fuqing | 眉毛 | |
| Matsu | 眉毛 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 目眉, 目眉毛, 目睭毛 |
| Quanzhou | 目眉, 目眉毛 | |
| Zhangzhou | 目眉, 目眉毛, 目毛, 目睭毛 | |
| Taipei | 目眉 | |
| Kaohsiung | 目眉 | |
| Yilan | 目眉 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 目眉 | |
| Taichung | 目眉 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 目眉 | |
| Tainan | 目眉 | |
| Taitung | 目眉 | |
| Hsinchu | 目眉 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 目眉 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 目眉 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 目眉 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 目眉 | |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) | 眉毛 | |
| Chaozhou | 目眉 | |
| Shantou | 目眉 | |
| Haifeng | 眉 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 目眉 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 目眉 | |
| Leizhou | 目眉 | |
| Wenchang | 眉 | |
| Haikou | 目眉, 眉毛 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 目眉毛 |
| Xianyou | 目眉毛 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 眼眉, 眼眉毛, 眉毛 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 眉毛 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 眉毛 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 眉毛 | |
| Suzhou | 眉毛 | |
| Danyang | 眉毛 | |
| Hangzhou | 眉毛 | |
| Ningbo | 眼眉毛 | |
| Wenzhou | 眼黧毛 | |
| Jinhua | 眉毛 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 眉毛 |
| Loudi | 眼眉毛, 眉毛 | |
| Shuangfeng | 眉毛 | |
| Quanzhou | 眉毛 | |
Compounds
Derived terms from 眉
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Japanese
Kanji
眉
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- eyebrow
Readings
- Go-on: み (mi, Jōyō †)
- Kan-on: び (bi, Jōyō)
- Kun: まゆ (mayu, 眉, Jōyō)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 眉 |
| まゆ Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
/majo/ → /maju/
From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū poetry anthology of the mid-700s with the reading mayo. The ma element is very likely 目 (ma, “eye”, ancient combining form of modern me reading), but the derivation of the yo element is unclear.
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) まゆ [máꜜyù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [ma̠jɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
眉 • (mayu)
- eyebrow
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 眉毛 (mayuge): eyebrow (more explicitly refers to the hair of the eyebrow)
Affix
眉 • (bi)
- eyebrow
Affix
眉 • (mi)
- eyebrow
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 眉 (MC mˠiɪ). Recorded as Middle Korean 미 (mi) (Yale: mi) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource眉 (eumhun 눈썹 미 (nunsseop mi))
- Hanja form? of 미 (“eyebrow”).
Compounds
Compounds
- 미간 (眉間, migan)
- 수미 (鬚眉, sumi)
- 미목 (眉目, mimok)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
眉: Hán Nôm readings: mi, mày, mầy, mì, my
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References
- Nom Foundation
- Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)