眇

眇 U+7707, 眇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7707
← 眆
[U+7706] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 眈 →
[U+7708]

Translingual

Han character

眇 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山火竹 (BUFH), four-corner 69020, composition ⿰目少)

  1. blind in one eye
  2. minute, minuscule

Derived characters

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 802, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23188
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2472, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+7707

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 眇
alternative forms
 
妙 “tiny”
渺 “tiny; distant”
仯 “blind”
𥋐
𢡾
妙 “tiny”
渺 “tiny; distant”
仯 “blind”
𥋐
𢡾
𢡸

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (小) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
觘 *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
抄 *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
鈔 *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
訬 *sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ
炒 *sʰroːʔ
吵 *sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ
耖 *sm̥ʰreːws
仯 *sm̥ʰreːws
眇 *mewʔ
渺 *mewʔ
杪 *mewʔ
秒 *mewʔ
篎 *mewʔ, *mews
妙 *mews
玅 *mews
釥 *sm̥ʰewʔ
小 *smewʔ
少 *hmjewʔ, *hmjews
麨 *m̥ʰjewʔ
尠 *senʔ, *smos

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 眇
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 亡沼切
Baxter mjiewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /miᴇuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /miɛuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /mjæuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /miawX/
Li
Rong		 /miɛuX/
Wang
Li		 /mĭɛuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mi̯ɛuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 miǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 miu5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 眇
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 miǎo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mjiewX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[m]ewʔ/
English very small, minute

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 眇
Reading # 1/1
No. 13694
Phonetic
component		 小
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 眇
Old
Chinese		 /*mewʔ/

Definitions

眇

  1. (archaic) to be blind (in one eye)
  2. (archaic) to squint; to peer; to examine carefully
  3. (archaic) distant; faraway
  4. (literary) tiny; minute; minuscule
  5. (archaic) high; lofty; utmost

Compounds
  • 俯遂幽眇
  • 幼眇
  • 幽眇
  • 微眇
  • 杳眇
  • 眇天末
  • 眇小 (miǎoxiǎo)
  • 眇小丈夫
  • 眇然
  • 眇眇
  • 眇眇忽忽
  • 眇覿／眇觌
  • 眇風／眇风
  • 眇默
  • 瞟眇
  • 窅眇
  • 要眇
  • 飄眇／飘眇

Pronunciation 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 眇 – see 妙 (“subtle; mysterious; profound; fine; glorious; marvelous; wonderful; exquisite; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 妙).

Japanese

Kanji
眇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. borgne

Readings
  • Go-on: みょう (myō)
  • Kan-on: びょう (byō)
  • Kun: すがめ (sugame)

Korean

Hanja

眇 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune–Reischauer myo, Yale myo)

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