眛

See also: 昧

眛 U 771B, 眛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-771B ← 眚 [U 771A] CJK Unified Ideographs 眜 → [U 771C]

Translingual

Han character

眛 (Kangxi radical 109, 目 5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山十木 (BUJD), four-corner 6509₀, composition ⿰目未)

1. dim, dark, obscure
2. blind

Derived characters

• 𩔠, 𩴈

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 804, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23230
• Dae Jaweon: page 1220, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2478, character 11
• Unihan data for U 771B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		眛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寐	*mids
魅	*mrɯds
鬽	*mrɯds
昧	*mɯːds
妹	*mɯːds
眛	*maːds, *mɯːds
沬	*maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
未	*mɯds
味	*mɯds
鮇	*mɯds
菋	*mɯds

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèi (mei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
    • Wade–Giles: mei⁴
    • Yale: mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mui⁶
    • Yale: muih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: mwojH, majH

Rime
Character	眛	眛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫佩切	莫貝切
Baxter	mwojH	majH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌiH/	/mɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/muoiH/	/mɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒiH/	/mɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəjH/	/majH/
Li Rong	/muᴀiH/	/mɑiH/
Wang Li	/muɒiH/	/mɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ̆iH/	/mɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mèi	mèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui6	mui6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːds/, /*mɯːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	眛	眛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9217	12915
Phonetic component	末	未
Rime group	祭	隊
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	昧	妹
Old Chinese	/*maːds/	/*mɯːds/
Notes	校本改眜

Definitions

眛

1. ^† (of vision) unclear; dark; dim-sighted

Japanese

Kanji

眛

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. obscure
2. dark
3. blind

Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai)
• Kun: くらい (kurai, 眛い)

Korean

Hanja

眛 • (mae) (hangeul 매)

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