目翳

Chinese

 
eye; item; section
eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title
feather screen; to screen; to shade
trad. (目翳) 目 翳
simp. #(目翳) 目 翳
alternative forms 目瞖

Pronunciation


Noun

目翳

  1. (Southern Min, medicine) cataract

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
目 翳
ひ
Grade: 1 Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Derivation unknown. Found in the Wamyō Ruijushō kanji dictionary of 938.[1][2]

The spelling appears to be an example of jukujikun, using the Chinese characters 目 (mù, “eye”) + 翳 (yì, “shade; screen; cataract”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [çi]

Noun

目翳(ひ) • (hi) 

  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) cataracts: cloudy aberrations in the eye, ultimately causing blindness

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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