眩

眩

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		眩
alternative forms		眴

Glyph origin

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, OC *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuàn (xuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁶, jyun⁴, waan⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiân / hîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiêng⁵ / hiang⁵ / hing⁵ / hêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴
    • Yale: sywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁶, jyun⁴, waan⁶
    • Yale: yuhn, yùhn, waahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁶, jyn⁴, waan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁶, yun⁴, wan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²²/, /jyːn²¹/, /waːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân
    • Tâi-lô: hiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hîn
    • Tâi-lô: hîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiin
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Singapore): /hin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Penang): /hin²³/

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).

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦwen/, /ɦwen^H/

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
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn/

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

眩

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 暈 (“dizzy; giddy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		暈
Mandarin	Taiwan	暈
	Singapore	暈
Cantonese	Hong Kong	暈
	Singapore (Guangfu)	暈
Min Nan	Xiamen	眩
	Quanzhou	眩
	Zhangzhou	眩
	Tainan	眩, 楞
	Penang (Hokkien)	眩
	Singapore (Hokkien)	眩, 楞
	Raoping	眩
	Jieyang	眩, 愩
	Singapore (Teochew)	眩
	Wenchang	眩
	Singapore (Hainanese)	眩

Compounds

昏眩 (hūnxuàn) 目眩 (mùxuàn) 目眩心花 目眩神迷 眩人 眩惑 眩曜 眩泯 眩湣 眩目 (xuànmù)

眩目震耳 眩眠 眩眩 眩耀 瞑眩 耳目昏眩 蝯眩 暈眩／晕眩 (yūnxuàn) 發眩／发眩 目眩神搖／目眩神摇

目眩神馳／目眩神驰 目眩魂搖／目眩魂摇 眩暈／眩晕 (xuànyùn) 神搖目眩／神摇目眩 頭懸目眩／头悬目眩 頭昏目眩／头昏目眩 頭暈目眩／头晕目眩 頭眩／头眩 頭眩眼花／头眩眼花

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Japanese

Kanji

眩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kun: くらむ (kuramu, 眩む); まどう (madou, 眩う); めまい (memai, 眩); まぶしい (mabushii, 眩しい)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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