睞

睞

See also: 睐

睞 U+775E, 睞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-775E ← 睝 [U+775D] CJK Unified Ideographs 睟 → [U+775F]

Translingual

Han character

睞 (radical 109, 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月山木人人 (BUDOO), four-corner 6409₈, composition ⿰目來)

1. squint at
2. sidelong glance

References

• KangXi: page 810, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23442
• Dae Jaweon: page 1225, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2495, character 7
• Unihan data for U+775E

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Chinese

trad.		睞
simp.		睐

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 睞
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (來) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
來	*m·rɯːɡ
萊	*rɯː, *rɯːs
淶	*rɯː
徠	*rɯː, *rɯːs
崍	*rɯː
郲	*rɯː, *ruːlʔ, *ruːlʔ
騋	*rɯː
猍	*rɯː
鯠	*rɯː
鶆	*rɯː
庲	*rɯː
棶	*rɯː
斄	*rɯː, *rɯ
逨	*rɯː, *rɯːs
麳	*rɯː
唻	*rɯːʔ, *rrɯː
賚	*rɯːs
睞	*rɯːs
勑	*rɯːs
誺	*rɯːs, *r̥ʰɯ, *r̥ʰɯs, *r̥ʰɯs
倈	*rɯ
憖	*ŋrɯns
猌	*ŋrɯns
麥	*mrɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lài (lai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lài
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˋ
    • Wade–Giles: lai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lay
    • IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁶
    • Yale: loih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /lʌi^H/▼

Rime
Character	睞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	落代切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ləiH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləjH/
Li Rong	/lᴀiH/
Wang Li	/lɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lài

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	睞
Reading #	1/1
No.	7615
Phonetic component	來
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*rɯːs/

Definitions

睞

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Compounds

奴顏婢睞／奴颜婢睐 明眸善睞／明眸善睐

盼睞／盼睐 眄睞／眄睐

青睞／青睐 (qīnglài)

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Japanese

Kanji

睞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): らい (rai)
• Kun: みる (miru)