眚

眚

眚 U+771A, 眚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-771A ← 眙 [U+7719] CJK Unified Ideographs 眛 → [U+771B]

Translingual

Han character

眚 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹一月山 (HMBU), four-corner 2560₁, composition ⿱生目)

Derived characters

• 𣹴

References

• KangXi: page 804, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23228
• Dae Jaweon: page 1220, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2480, character 6
• Unihan data for U+771A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		眚
alternative forms		𤯝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
猜	*sʰlɯː
輤	*sʰleːns
綪	*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩	*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈	*sʰleːns
蒨	*sʰeːns
篟	*sʰeːns
生	*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲	*sreŋ
笙	*sreŋ
甥	*sreŋ
鉎	*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄	*sreŋ
鼪	*sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩	*sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌	*sreŋ
眚	*sreŋʔ
貹	*sreŋs
崝	*zreːŋ
精	*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁	*ʔsleŋ
鶄	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱	*ʔsleŋ
婧	*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐	*ʔsleŋ
聙	*ʔsleŋ
旌	*ʔsleŋ
清	*sʰleŋ
圊	*sʰleŋ
請	*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊	*sʰleŋs
䝼	*zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚	*zleŋs
情	*zleŋ
晴	*zleŋ
夝	*zleŋ
靜	*zleŋʔ
靖	*zleŋʔ
睲	*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺	*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性	*sleŋs
姓	*sleŋs
靗	*l̥ʰeŋs
鯖	*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青	*sʰleːŋ
靘	*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅	*sʰleːŋs
胜	*sleːŋ
曐	*sleːŋ
星	*sleːŋ
鮏	*sleːŋ
腥	*seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹	*seːŋ
醒	*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂	*seːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sreŋʔ) : phonetic 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs) + semantic 目 (“eye”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěng (sheng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang²
• Min Nan (POJ): séng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng³
    • Yale: shěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheeng
    • Palladius: шэн (šɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang²
    • Yale: sáang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng
    • Tâi-lô: síng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃˠiæŋ^X/

Rime
Character	眚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所景切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚiaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂiajŋX/
Li Rong	/ʃiɐŋX/
Wang Li	/ʃĭɐŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯ɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sang2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	眚
Reading #	1/1
No.	11321
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	省
Old Chinese	/*sreŋʔ/

Definitions

眚

1. disease of the eye; cataract
2. eclipse
3. fault; negligence

   Synonym: 過失／过失 (guòshī)

4. disaster; catastrophe
5. Alternative form of 省 (shěng).

Compounds

日月之眚 眚沴 (shěnglì)

災眚／灾眚

眚災／眚灾

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02864
• “眚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

眚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei)

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Korean

Hanja

眚 • (saeng) (hangeul 생, revised saeng, McCune–Reischauer saeng, Yale sayng)

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