睜

睜

See also: 睁

睜 U+775C, 睜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-775C ← 睛 [U+775B] CJK Unified Ideographs 睝 → [U+775D]

Translingual

Han character

睜 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月山月尸木 (BUBSD), four-corner 6205₇, composition ⿰目爭)

References

• KangXi: page 810, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23439
• Dae Jaweon: page 1225, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2498, character 5
• Unihan data for U+775C

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
琤	*sʰraːŋ, *sʰreːŋ
崢	*zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
鬇	*zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
爭	*ʔsreːŋ
箏	*ʔsreːŋ
猙	*ʔsreːŋ, *zeŋʔ
埩	*ʔsreːŋ, *zreːŋ
諍	*ʔsreːŋs
凈	*sʰreːŋ
錚	*sʰreːŋ
棦	*sʰreːŋ
竫	*zreŋʔ
睜	*zeŋʔ
淨	*zeŋs

Pronunciation 1

trad.		睜
simp.		睁

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēng (zheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ

• Min Nan (POJ): cheng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jheng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹
    • Yale: jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ziᴇŋ^X/

Rime
Character	睜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾郢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziajŋX/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛŋX/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zeŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	睜
Reading #	1/1
No.	17155
Phonetic component	争
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靜
Old Chinese	/*zeŋʔ/

Definitions

睜

1. Used in 眳睜／眳睁.

Pronunciation 2

trad.		睜
simp.		睁

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēng (zheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaang¹, zang¹
• Min Nan (POJ): cheng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jheng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹
    • Yale: jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
    • Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaang¹, zang¹
    • Yale: jāang, jāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaang¹, dzang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zang¹, zeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Definitions

睜

1. to open one's eye

   • 叫：「孩兒們睜眼。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     叫：“孩儿们睁眼。” [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE

     Jiào: “Hái'érmen zhēng yǎn.” [Pinyin]

     (Sun Wukong) shouted: "Children, open your eyes!"

Compounds

佯打耳睜／佯打耳睁 光睜睜兒／光睁睁儿 兩眼圓睜／两眼圆睁 圓睜／圆睁 (yuánzhēng) 天睜眼／天睁眼 定性睜睛／定性睁睛 愕愕睜睜／愕愕睁睁

愣眼巴睜／愣眼巴睁 杏眼圓睜／杏眼圆睁 楞楞睜睜／楞楞睁睁 楞睜／楞睁 目睜口呆／目睁口呆 眼睜睜／眼睁睁 (yǎnzhēngzhēng) 睜眉怒目／睁眉怒目

睜眼／睁眼 (zhēngyǎn) 睜眼瞎子／睁眼瞎子 (zhēngyǎn xiāzi) 睜開／睁开 矻睜睜／矻睁睁 立睜／立睁 龍睜虎眼／龙睁虎眼

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Japanese

Kanji

睜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to open one's eye
2. to stare

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: めつき (metsuki)

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Korean

Hanja

睜 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng)

1. pupil

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Vietnamese

Han character

睜: Hán Nôm readings: tĩnh, tranh, tránh

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References

• Nom Foundation