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睫

睫

Translingual

Han character

睫 (radical 109 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月山十中人 (BUJLO), four-corner 65081)

  1. eyelashes

References

  • KangXi: page 811, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23469
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1226, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2495, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+776B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 睫

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (疌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
疀 *sʰreːb
萐 *zreːb, *sreːb, *sreb
箑 *sreːb, *sreb
啑 *sraːb, *tiːɡs
睫 *ʔseb
婕 *ʔseb
緁 *sʰeb
捷 *zeb
疌 *zeb
寁 *ʔsuːmʔ, *zeb
倢 *zeb
崨 *zeb
踕 *zeb
誱 *zeb
徢 *seːb
蜨 *seːb

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 睫
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 葉 (155)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 即葉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡siᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡siɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡siap̚/
Li
Rong		 /t͡siɛp̚/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡si̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jie
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 睫
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jié
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsjep ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts][a]p/
English eyelashes

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 睫
Reading # 1/1
No. 6447
Phonetic
component		 疌
Rime
group		 盍
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 接
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔseb/
Notes 見釋名

Definitions

睫

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Compounds

  • 交睫
  • 承睫
  • 目不交睫
  • 目不見睫／目不见睫
  • 眉睫
  • 眉睫之內／眉睫之内
  • 眉睫之利
  • 眉睫之禍／眉睫之祸
  • 看人眉睫
  • 眼不交睫
  • 眼睫毛 (yǎnjiémáo)
  • 睫毛 (jiémáo)
  • 睫狀肌／睫状肌
  • 睫體／睫体
  • 蚊睫
  • 蚊睫之蟲／蚊睫之虫
  • 近在眉睫
  • 迫在眉睫
  • 迫於眉睫／迫于眉睫

Japanese

Kanji

睫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

References

  • Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1978) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 3: Daihannya-kyō Ongi, Daihannya-kyō Jishō (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 4-7629-3090-3

Etymology

Literally "hair of eye". Compound of 目 ‎(ma, “eye”), つ ‎(tsu, genitive case), and 毛 ‎(ke, “hair”). Final -ke voices to -ge due to rendaku.

Noun

睫 ‎(hiragana まつげ, romaji matsuge)

  1. eyelashes
    • c. 790: Daihannya-kyō Ongi (Ishiyamadera manuscript, page 34)
      眼睫 [...] 倭言麻都竒

Korean

Hanja

睫 • ‎(cheop) (hangeul 첩, revised cheop, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏp, Yale chep)

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