Stroke order
眼 Kangxi radical 109,目 +6, 11 strokes,cangjie input 月山日女 (BUAV ),four-corner 67032 ,composition ⿰目 艮 )
Kangxi Dictionary:page 807 , character 11 Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23318 Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 26 Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2488, character 4 Unihan data for U+773C Old Chinese 艱 *krɯːn 齦 *kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn 眼 *ŋrɯːnʔ 蛝 *ɡrɯːn 限 *ɡrɯːnʔ 硍 *ɡrɯːnʔ 豤 *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn 詪 *ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns 根 *kɯːn 跟 *kɯːn 珢 *kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn 艮 *kɯːns 茛 *kɯːns 墾 *kʰɯːnʔ 懇 *kʰɯːnʔ 垠 *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn 泿 *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn 痕 *ɡɯːn 拫 *ɡɯːn 鞎 *ɡɯːn 很 *ɡɯːnʔ 恨 *ɡɯːns 銀 *ŋrɯn 檭 *ŋrɯn
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 OC *ŋrɯːnʔ ): semantic 目 ( “ eye ” ) + phonetic 艮 ( OC *kɯːns ) .
Derived from Etymology 2 (Sagart, 1999 ). Displaced commonSino-Tibetan 目 OC *muɡ
Mandarin (Standard (Pinyin :yǎn (yan3 )(Zhuyin :ㄧㄢˇ (Chengdu ,Sichuanese Pinyin :yan3 (Xi'an ,Guanzhong Pinyin :niàn (Nanjing ,Nanjing Pinyin :yěn (Dungan ,Cyrillic andWiktionary :нян (ni͡an, II)Cantonese (Guangzhou –Hong Kong ,Jyutping :ngaan5 /ngaan5-2 (Dongguan ,Jyutping++ :ngeng5 (Taishan ,Wiktionary :ngan2 Gan (Wiktionary :ngan3 Hakka (Sixian ,PFS :ngién / ngián (Hailu ,HRS :nganˊ (Meixian ,Guangdong :ngian3 Jin (Wiktionary :nie2 / ie2 Northern Min (KCR :ngǎing Eastern Min (BUC :ngāng Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing ngang3 / nge3 / ngae3 / ngi3 Southern Min (Hokkien ,POJ :gán /géng /kéng /ngúi /ngái /kán (Teochew ,Peng'im :ngang2 (Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin :ngang2 Southern Pinghua (Nanning ,Jyutping++ :njaan5 Wu (Wugniu (Northern :6 nge /6 ngae /4 ngae /4 yae /1 ngae /6 ye /3 ngae /4 ghae /3 ien /4 ngaen(Jinhua :3 a;3 ianXiang (Changsha ,Wiktionary :ienn3 / ngan3 Note : ngaan5-2 - nominal classifier.
Note :
ngang3 - literary; nge3/ngae3/ngi3 - vernacular (limited to龍眼 Southern Min (Hokkien Xiamen Quanzhou Zhangzhou Jinjiang GeneralTaiwanese ) (Hokkien Xiamen Taipei Kaohsiung Lukang Sanxia Hsinchu Taichung (Hokkien Tainan Yilan Taichung (Hokkien Quanzhou Jinjiang (Hokkien Kinmen (Hokkien Zhangzhou Note :
gán - literary; géng/kéng/ngúi/ngái/kán - vernacular (limited to龍眼 Note :
6nge/4ngae - vernacular; 6ye/4yae - literary; 1ngae (Chongming)/6nge ( Ningbo) - only used in一眼 一眼眼 Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )Character 眼 Reading # 2/2 Modern yǎn Middle ‹ ngɛnX › Old /*[ŋ]ˁ<r>ə[n]ʔ/ English eye Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)Character 眼 Reading # 1/1 No. 3914 Phonetic 艮 Rime 文 Rime 1 Corresponding 眼 Old /*ŋrɯːnʔ/
眼
( anatomy ) eye (Classifier :隻 ／ 只 m c 雙 ／ 双 m c 對 ／ 对 c See also:目 ( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) see ; toview ; to see ... in person( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) sight of; tomonitor ; towatch sight ;vision Classifier foractions of theeye :glance ;glimpse 瞪 了 他 一 眼 dèng le tā yīyǎn 一 眼 睇 嗮 [Cantonese ] ― jat1 ngaan5 tai2 saai3 [Jyutping] ― to [be able to] see everything in aglance ( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) testify ; towitness eyelet ;aperture ;hole ;opening tempo in theopera 一板三眼 yībǎnsānyǎn beats in the four-beat rhythmterritory ingame Go (board game ).( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) loophole ;shortcoming ( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) bubbles ofboiling water mesh key point ;critical moment ( go ) trap Classifier forsprings ,wells andponds . ( Northern Wu ) some ; abit 我 只是 吃 了 一眼 末 ！[Shanghainese ,trad. simp. 6 ngu7 tseq-zy7 chiq-leq7 iq-nge-meq[Wugniu ] I just atea bit ! ( Cantonese , mahjong ) identical tiles which are anessential part of alegal winning hand ( Cantonese ) Classifier forlamps . 兩 眼 燈 ／ 两 眼 灯 [Cantonese ] ― loeng5 ngaan5-2 dang1 [Jyutping] ― two lamps( Cantonese ) Classifier forneedles . 三 眼 針 ／ 三 眼 针 [Cantonese ] ― saam1 ngaan5-2 zam1 [Jyutping] ― three needlesDialectal synonyms of
眼睛 (“eye”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 目 Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 眼睛 眼 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 眼睛 Taiwan 眼睛 Ulanhot 眼睛 Tongliao 眼睛 Chifeng 眼睛 眼珠子 眼 Hulunbuir(Hailar) 眼睛 Harbin 眼睛 Shenyang 眼睛 眼 Malaysia 眼睛 Singapore 眼睛 Olginsky(Mikhaylovka) 眼睛 Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 眼 Tangshan 眼睛 Cangzhou 眼睛 眼 Baoding 眼 Shijiazhuang 眼睛 Jinan 眼 Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai(Muping) 眼 Qingdao 眼 Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 眼 Wanrong 眼窩 Zhengzhou 眼 Kaifeng 眼 Xi'an 眼睛 眼窩 suburbs Xining 眼睛 眼窩 Xuzhou 眼睛 眼 Sokuluk(Gansu Dungan) 眼睛 Masanchin(Shaanxi Dungan) 眼窩 Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 眼睛 Bayanhot 眼睛 Lanzhou 眼 眼睛 Ürümqi 眼睛 Ürümqi(Xigou) 眼睛 Ürümqi(Changshanzi) 眼睛 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 眼睛 Chongqing 眼睛 Wuhan 眼睛 Guiyang 眼睛 Kunming 眼睛 Guilin 眼睛 Liuzhou 眼睛 Tianlin(Langping) 眼睛 Mae Salong(Lancang) 眼睛 Mae Sai(Tengchong) 眼睛 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 眼睛 Yangzhou 眼睛 Xinghua 眼睛 Nantong 眼睛 Hefei 眼 眼睛 Mandarin Nanping(Yanping) 眼睛 Cantonese Guangzhou 眼 Hong Kong 眼 Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) 眼 Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) 眼 Hong Kong(Ting Kok) 眼 Hong Kong(Tung Ping Chau) 眼 Macau 眼 Guangzhou(Panyu) 眼 Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) 眼 Guangzhou(Conghua) 眼 Guangzhou(Zengcheng) 眼 Foshan 眼 Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) 眼 Foshan(Shunde) 眼 Foshan(Sanshui) 眼 Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) 眼 Zhongshan(Shiqi) 眼 Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 眼 Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 眼 Zhuhai(Doumen) 眼 Jiangmen(Baisha) 眼 Jiangmen(Xinhui) 眼 Taishan 眼 Kaiping(Chikan) 眼 Enping(Niujiang) 眼 Heshan(Yayao) 眼 Dongguan 眼 Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) 眼 Qingyuan 眼 Fogang 眼 Yingde(Hanguang) 眼 Yangshan 眼 Lianshan(Butian) 眼睛 Lianzhou(Qingshui; Sihui) 眼 Shaoguan 眼 眼睛 Shaoguan(Qujiang) 眼 Renhua 眼 Lechang 眼 Zhaoqing(Gaoyao) 眼 Sihui 眼 Guangning 眼睛 眼 Deqing 眼 Huaiji 眼 Fengkai(Nanfeng) 眼 Yunfu 眼 Xinxing 眼 Luoding 眼 Yunan(Pingtai) 眼 眼睛 Yangjiang 眼 Xinyi 眼 Lianjiang 眼 Nanning 眼 眼睛 Wuzhou 眼 Yulin 眼 Hepu(Lianzhou) 眼 Guiping 眼 Mengshan(Xihe) 眼 Guigang(Nanjiang) 眼睛 Beiliu(Tangliao) 眼 Baise 眼睛 Bobai 眼 Lingshan 眼 Pubei 眼 Qinzhou 眼 Beihai 眼 眼睛 Beihai(Nankang) 眼 Beihai(Yingpan) 眼 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 眼 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 眼 Ningming 眼 Hengzhou 眼 Hezhou(Pumen, Babu) 眼 Fangchenggang(Fangcheng) 眼 Danzhou 眼 Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) 眼 Singapore(Guangfu) 眼 Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) 眼 Móng Cái 眼 Gan Nanchang 眼睛 Lichuan 眼睛 Pingxiang 眼珠 Jianning 眼睛 Taining 目珠 Hakka Meixian 眼珠 目珠 Xingning 眼珠 Dabu(Xihe) 目珠 Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) 眼 眼睛 Huizhou(Shuikou; Bendihua) 眼 眼睛 Huizhou(Hengli; Bendihua) 眼 眼睛 Huiyang 眼 Huidong(Pingshan; Bendihua) 眼珠仔 Huidong(Daling) 眼珠 Dongguan(Qingxi) 眼珠 Longmen(Pingling; Bendihua) 眼 Longmen(Luxi; Bendihua) 眼 Boluo(Bendihua) 眼 眼睛 Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) 眼睛 Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) 眼 Wuhua(Shuizhai) 眼珠 Wuhua(Huacheng) 眼珠 目珠 Wuhua(Changbu) 眼珠 Wuhua(Mianyang) 眼 目珠 Wuhua(Meilin) 眼珠 Heyuan(Bendihua) 眼 眼睛 Zijin(Guzhu; Bendihua) 眼 Longchuan(Tuocheng; Bendihua) 眼 Longchuan(Sidu; Bendihua) 眼 Heping(Linzhai; Bendihua) 眼 Lianping(Longjie; Bendihua) 眼 Wengyuan 眼珠 Shaoguan(Qujiang) 眼珠 Xinfeng(Matou; Bendihua) 眼 Xinfeng(Daxi; Bendihua) 眼睛 Lianshan(Xiaosanjiang) 眼 Liannan 眼珠 Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) 眼珠 Jiexi 目珠 Luhe 目珠 Zhao'an(Xiuzhuan) 目珠 Pinghe(Jiufeng) 目珠 Changting 目珠 Shanghang 目珠 Longyan(Yongding) 目珠 Wuping 目珠 Wuping(Yanqian) 目珠 Wuping(Pingyu) 眼珠 目珠 Liancheng 目珠 Ninghua 眼珠 Qingliu 眼珠 Yudu 眼睛 Ningdu 眼睛 Ruijin 眼珠 Shicheng 眼睛 Shangyou(Shexi) 眼珠 Tonggu(Sandu) 眼睛 Ganzhou(Panlong) 眼珠 Dayu 眼珠 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 目珠 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 目珠 眼珠 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 目珠 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 目珠 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 目珠 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 目珠 Hong Kong 眼 眼珠 Yangxi(Tangkou) 眼 Yangchun(Sanjia) 眼睛 Xinyi(Sihe) 眼 Xinyi(Qianpai) 眼 Gaozhou(Xindong) 眼 Maoming(Shalang, Dianbai) 眼 Huazhou(Xin'an) 眼 Lianjiang(Shijiao) 眼 Lianjiang(Qingping) 眼 Mengshan(Xihe) 眼睛 Luchuan 眼 Luchuan(Daqiao) 眼睛 Bobai(Shahe) 眼 Beiliu(Tang'an) 眼 Mashan(Pianlian) 眼睛 Sabah(Longchuan) 眼 Kuala Lumpur(Dabu) 目珠 Senai(Huiyang) 眼 Kuching(Hepo) 目珠 Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa(Hepo) 目珠 Singkawang 目珠 Singapore(Meixian) 眼珠 Singapore(Dabu) 目珠 Huizhou Jixi 眼睛 眼烏珠 眼烏珠子 Shexian 眼 眼睛 Huangshan(Tunxi) 眼睛 Xiuning 眼睛 Yixian 眼睛 Qimen 眼睛 Wuyuan 眼睛 Fuliang 眼珠兒 Dexing 眼珠 Jin Taiyuan 眼睛 眼 Pingyao 眼 眼睛 Xinzhou 眼 Taibus(Baochang) 眼睛 Linhe 眼窩 眼 眼睛 Jining 眼窩 眼 Hohhot 眼窩 Baotou 眼窩 Dongsheng 眼窩 Haibowan 眼窩 Zhangjiakou 眼 眼睛 Handan 眼睛 Northern Min Jian'ou 目睭 Jian'ou(Dikou) 目睭 Songxi 目睭 Zhenghe 目睭 Zhenghe(Zhenqian) 目睭 Jianyang 目睭 Wuyishan 目睭 Pucheng(Shibei) 目睭 Eastern Min Fuzhou 目睭 目 Fuzhou(Changle) 目睭 Lianjiang 目睭 Fuqing 目睭 Pingtan 目睭 Yongtai 目睭 Minqing 目睭 Gutian 目睭 Pingnan 目睭 Luoyuan 目睭 Fu'an 目睭 Ningde 目睭 Xiapu 目睭 Zherong 目睭 Shouning 目睭 Zhouning 目睭 Fuding 目睭 Matsu 目睭 Southern Min Xiamen 目睭 目 Xiamen(Tong'an) 目睭 Quanzhou 目睭 目 Jinjiang 目睭 Nan'an 目睭 Shishi 目睭 Hui'an 目睭 Anxi 目睭 Yongchun 目睭 Dehua 目睭 Zhangzhou 目睭 目 Zhangzhou(Longhai) 目睭 Zhangzhou(Changtai) 目睭 Hua'an 目睭 Nanjing 目睭 Pinghe 目睭 Zhangpu 目睭 Yunxiao 目睭 Zhao'an 目睭 Dongshan 目睭 Taipei 目睭 目睭仁 New Taipei(Sanxia) 目睭 目睭仁 Kaohsiung 目睭 目睭仁 Yilan 目睭 目睭仁 Changhua(Lukang) 目睭 目睭仁 Taichung 目睭 Taichung(Wuqi) 目睭 Tainan 目睭 目睭仁 Taitung 目睭 Hsinchu 目睭 Kinmen 目睭 Penghu(Magong) 目睭 Penang(Hokkien) 目睭 目 Singapore(Hokkien) 目睭 Manila(Hokkien) 目睭 Longyan 目睭 Zhangping 目睭 Zhangping(Yongfu) 目睭 Datian 目珠 Pingnan(Shangdu) 目睭 Chaozhou 目 Shantou 目 Shantou(Chenghai) 目 Jieyang 目 Lufeng 目 Haifeng 目 目睭 Bangkok(Teochew) 目 Ho Chi Minh City(Teochew) 目 Johor Bahru(Teochew) 目 Singapore(Teochew) 目 Pontianak(Teochew) 目 Leizhou 目 Wenchang 目 Haikou 目 Singapore(Hainanese) 目 Puxian Min Putian 目睭 Putian(Donghai, Chengxiang) 目睭 Putian(Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 目睭 Putian(Nanri, Xiuyu) 目睭 Xianyou 目睭 Xianyou(Fengting) 目睭 Xianyou(Youyang) 目睭 Central Min Yong'an 目珠 Sanming(Sanyuan) 目珠 Sanming(Shaxian) 目睭 Shaojiang Min Shaowu 目珠 Guangze 目珠 Jiangle 目珠 Mingxi 目珠 Shunchang 目珠 Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) 目睭 Zhongshan(Sanxiang) 目睭 Southern Pinghua Nanning(Tingzi) 眼睛 Northern Pinghua Guilin(Dahe) 眼睛 Shehua Guixi(Zhangping) 眼 Jingning(Hexi) 眼 Waxiang Guzhang(Gaofeng) 眼珠 Wu Shanghai 眼睛 Shanghai(Chongming) 眼睛 眼烏珠 Suzhou 眼睛 眼烏珠 Danyang 眼睛 Hangzhou 眼睛 Ningbo 眼睛 Wenzhou 眼烏珠 眼靈珠 眼兒珠 Jinhua 眼睛 Pucheng 目珠 Xiang Changsha 眼睛 Loudi 眼珠 Shuangfeng 眼珠 Hengyang 眼珠 Quanzhou 眼睛
Dialectal synonyms of
些 (“some, a few”)
[map] Dialectal synonyms of
口 (“(classifier for wells)”)
[map] Variety Location Words Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 口 眼 Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 口 Jilu Mandarin Jinan 口 眼 Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai(Muping) 口 眼 Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 口 Xi'an 口 Xining 口 Yanqi 眼 個 Xuzhou 眼 Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 口 眼 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 口 Wuhan 口 Guiyang 口 眼 Liuzhou 口 Cantonese Guangzhou 眼 Hong Kong 眼 口 Gan Lichuan 口 Pingxiang 口 眼 Hakka Yudu 眼 Ruijin 口 Huizhou Jixi 眼 Jin Taiyuan 口 Xinzhou 眼 Eastern Min Fuzhou 口 Southern Min Tainan 口 Central Min Yong'an 口 隻 Shaojiang Min Shaowu 口 Wu Danyang 口 Hangzhou 口 眼 Ningbo 口 Jinhua 口 Xiang Changsha 口 Loudi 眼
Dialectal synonyms of
盞 (“(classifier for lamps)”)
[map] Dialectal synonyms of
根 (“(classifier for needles)”)
[map] Unknown.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )Character 眼 Reading # 1/2 Modern wěn Middle ‹ ngonX › Old /*ŋˁə[n]ʔ/ English protrude as a knob Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
眼
( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) protruding ;bulging (like bulging eyes)“眼 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1] 香港中文大學 Chinese University of Hong Kong ),2014– 李如龙 [ Li, Ru-long] ;刘福铸 [ Liu, Fu-zhu] ;吴华英 [ Wu, Hua-ying] ;黄国城 [ Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019 ), “眼 ”, in莆仙方言调查报告 Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect Xiamen University Press ,→ISBN 210 眼
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji )
eyeball For pronunciation and definitions of眼 – see the following entry. (This term,眼
For pronunciation and definitions of眼 – see the following entry. (This term,眼
Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1978 ),Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 3: Daihannya-kyō Ongi, Daihannya-kyō Jishō (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin,→ISBN FromMiddle Chinese 眼 MC
Historical readings Dongguk Jeongun reading Dongguk Jeongun , 1448ᅌᅡᆫ〯 (Yale :ngǎn )Middle Korean Text Eumhun Gloss (hun ) Reading Hunmong Jahoe , 1527[3] 눈〮 Yale :nwún )안〯 Yale :ǎn )
(SK Standard /Seoul IPA (key ) :[a̠(ː)n] Phonetic hangul:[안 (ː) ] Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length. 眼 (eumhun 눈 안 ( nun an ) )
hanja form? 안 ( “ eye ” ) [affix] 개안 開眼 gaean )벽안 碧眼 byeogan )별안간 瞥眼間 byeoran'gan )안경 眼鏡 an'gyeong )안과 眼科 an'gwa )안구 眼球 an'gu )안목 眼目 anmok )안식 眼識 ansik )안중 眼中 anjung )용안 龍眼 yong'an )육안 肉眼 yugan )착안 着眼 chagan )혈안 血眼 hyeoran )국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典 .[4] 眼 :Hán Việt nhẫn nhãn 眼 :Nôm nhởn nhản nhan nhẫn nhãn
chữ Hán nhãn ( “ longan ” ) 
