眸

眸

眸 U+7738, 眸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7738 ← 眷 [U+7737] CJK Unified Ideographs 眹 → [U+7739]

Translingual

Han character

眸 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月山戈竹手 (BUIHQ), four-corner 6305₀, composition ⿰目牟)

References

• KangXi: page 807, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23312
• Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2489, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7738

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		眸
alternative forms		牟

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
牟	*mu
眸	*mu
侔	*mu
蛑	*mu
麰	*mu
劺	*mu
恈	*mu
鴾	*mu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mu) : semantic 目 + phonetic 牟 (OC *mu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móu (mou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): mèu
• Wu (Wiktionary): meu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móu
    • Wade–Giles: mou²
    • Yale: móu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mou
    • Palladius: моу (mou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mau⁴
    • Yale: màuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: meo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mèu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛu⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: meu (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɜ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /mɨu/

Rime
Character	眸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	莫浮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/miu/
Shao Rongfen	/miəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muw/
Li Rong	/miu/
Wang Li	/mĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	móu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	眸
Reading #	1/1
No.	9268
Phonetic component	牟
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	謀
Old Chinese	/*mu/

Definitions

眸

1. (anatomy) pupil (of the eye)
2. (by extension) eye

Compounds

凝眸 (níngmóu) 回眸 (huímóu) 回眸一笑 (huímóuyīxiào) 明眸 (míngmóu) 星眸

盈眸 眸子 (móuzi) 眼眸 黑眸 明眸善睞／明眸善睐

明眸皓齒／明眸皓齿 星眸皓齒／星眸皓齿 皓齒明眸／皓齿明眸 皓齒星眸／皓齿星眸

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Japanese

Kanji

眸

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. the pupil of an eye
2. the iris of an eye
3. eye

Readings

• Go-on: む (mu)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: ひとみ (hitomi, 眸)

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Korean

Hanja

眸 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)

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