眉

See also: 盾
眉 U+7709, 眉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7709
← 眈
[U+7708]
CJK Unified Ideographs 眊 →
[U+770A]

Translingual

Han character

眉 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日竹月山 (AHBU), four-corner 77267, composition ⿸𠃜目)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 803, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23190
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2478, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7709

Chinese

simp. and trad.
眉
2nd round simp. 𠃜
alternative forms 屓/屃
𪎯
𪎭
𣅩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 眉
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) : 𠃜 + 目 (eye), hair above an eye. The component for hair became 𠃜 during the development into the seal and clerical scripts.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-m(u/i/ja)l (“hair; fur; feather”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan སྨིན་མ (smin ma, “eyebrow”), Burmese အမွေး (a.mwe:, “hair; fur; feather”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • bâi - vernacular;
  • bî - literary.
    Note:
    • bhai5 - vernacular;
    • mi5 - literary.
      • Wu
        • (Shanghai):
          • Wugniu: 6mi
          • MiniDict: mi去
          • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3mi
          • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²³/

Rime
Character 眉
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 武悲切
Baxter mij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen
/miɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mji/
Li
Rong
/mji/
Wang
Li
/mi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mei4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 眉
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
méi
Middle
Chinese
‹ mij ›
Old
Chinese
/*mr[ə][r]/
English eyebrow

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 眉
Reading # 1/1
No. 8938
Phonetic
component
眉
Rime
group
脂
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
眉
Old
Chinese
/*mril/

Definitions

眉

  1. eyebrow (Classifier: 條/条 c; 堂 c)
  2. (by extension) upper margin of a book, leaflet, or page; header
    Antonym: 腳/脚

Synonyms

Compounds

  • 一字眉 (yīzìméi)
  • 不讓鬚眉/不让须眉
  • 丟眉丟眼/丢眉丢眼
  • 丟眉弄眼/丢眉弄眼
  • 丟眉弄色/丢眉弄色
  • 仰首伸眉
  • 伸眉
  • 低眉
  • 伸眉吐氣/伸眉吐气
  • 促眉
  • 俊眼修眉
  • 倒八字眉 (dàobāzìméi)
  • 修眉 (xiūméi)
  • 做眉眼
  • 八字宮眉/八字宫眉
  • 八字眉 (bāzìméi)
  • 列眉
  • 劍眉/剑眉
  • 劍眉星眼/剑眉星眼
  • 努目撐眉/努目撑眉
  • 勾眉
  • 卬首信眉
  • 吊客眉
  • 吐氣揚眉/吐气扬眉
  • 喜上眉梢 (xǐshàngméishāo)
  • 單眉/单眉
  • 喬眉畫眼/乔眉画眼
  • 喜眉笑眼
  • 單眉細眼/单眉细眼
  • 嚇眉唬眼/吓眉唬眼
  • 夫婦齊眉/夫妇齐眉
  • 娥眉 (éméi)
  • 安眉帶眼/安眉带眼
  • 宮眉/宫眉
  • 尨眉皓髮/尨眉皓发
  • 展眉
  • 展眼舒眉
  • 峨眉 (Éméi)
  • 巾幗鬚眉/巾帼须眉
  • 帶眼安眉/带眼安眉
  • 龐眉白髮/庞眉白发
  • 龐眉皓首/庞眉皓首
  • 龐眉皓髮/庞眉皓发
  • 張敞畫眉/张敞画眉
  • 張眉弩眼/张眉弩眼
  • 得挹芝眉
  • 怒目攢眉/怒目攒眉
  • 怒目橫眉/怒目横眉
  • 惡眉惡眼/恶眉恶眼
  • 愁眉 (chóuméi)
  • 愁眉不展 (chóuméibùzhǎn)
  • 愁眉淚眼/愁眉泪眼
  • 愚眉肉眼
  • 愁眉苦目
  • 愁眉苦眼
  • 愁眉苦臉/愁眉苦脸 (chóuméikǔliǎn)
  • 慈眉善目
  • 扎眉扎眼
  • 挽眉毛
  • 掃眉/扫眉
  • 掃眉才子/扫眉才子
  • 掄眉豎目/抡眉竖目
  • 掐鼻皺眉/掐鼻皱眉
  • 揚眉吐氣/扬眉吐气
  • 揚眉奮髯/扬眉奋髯
  • 揚眉抵掌/扬眉抵掌
  • 揚眉挺身/扬眉挺身
  • 描眉畫眼/描眉画眼
  • 摧眉
  • 摧眉折腰
  • 撐眉努眼/撑眉努眼
  • 擠眉弄眼/挤眉弄眼
  • 擠眉溜眼/挤眉溜眼
  • 擰眉瞪眼/拧眉瞪眼
  • 擠眼弄眉/挤眼弄眉
  • 攢眉/攒眉 (cuánméi)
  • 攢眉苦臉/攒眉苦脸
  • 攢眉蹙鼻/攒眉蹙鼻
  • 斂首低眉/敛首低眉
  • 書眉/书眉
  • 月眉星眼
  • 有眉目
  • 朗目疏眉
  • 柳眉
  • 柳眉倒豎/柳眉倒竖
  • 柳眉剔豎/柳眉剔竖
  • 柳眉踢豎/柳眉踢竖
  • 柳葉眉/柳叶眉
  • 橫眉/横眉
  • 橫眉怒目/横眉怒目
  • 橫眉瞪眼/横眉瞪眼
  • 橫眉豎目/横眉竖目
  • 死眉瞪眼
  • 毫無眉目/毫无眉目
  • 氣吐眉揚/气吐眉扬
  • 淡掃蛾眉/淡扫蛾眉
  • 淚眼愁眉/泪眼愁眉
  • 濃眉/浓眉 (nóngméi)
  • 濃眉大眼/浓眉大眼 (nóngméi dà yǎn)
  • 火燒眉毛/火烧眉毛 (huǒshāoméimáo)
  • 焦眉
  • 燃眉
  • 燃眉之急 (ránméizhījí)
  • 燒眉之急/烧眉之急
  • 畫眉/画眉 (huàméi)
  • 畫眉張敞/画眉张敞
  • 畫眉舉案/画眉举案
  • 白眉 (báiméi)
  • 白眉神
  • 白眉赤眼
  • 白眉鴃/白眉𫛞
  • 白髮齊眉/白发齐眉
  • 百齡眉壽/百龄眉寿
  • 皓齒蛾眉/皓齿蛾眉
  • 皺眉/皱眉 (zhòuméi)
  • 皺眉蹙眼/皱眉蹙眼
  • 直眉瞪眼
  • 看人眉睫
  • 眉似春山
  • 眉低眼慢
  • 眉來眼去/眉来眼去 (méiláiyǎnqù)
  • 眉來語去/眉来语去
  • 眉兒眼兒/眉儿眼儿
  • 眉分八彩
  • 眉刷
  • 眉勢/眉势
  • 眉南面北
  • 眉史
  • 眉單/眉单
  • 眉垂目合
  • 眉壽/眉寿 (méishòu)
  • 眉如墨畫/眉如墨画
  • 眉宇 (méiyǔ)
  • 眉尖
  • 眉尖眼尾
  • 眉尾相結/眉尾相结
  • 眉山 (Méishān)
  • 眉山秀
  • 眉峰雙鎖/眉峰双锁
  • 眉心 (méixīn)
  • 眉急
  • 眉戶/眉户
  • 眉批 (méipī)
  • 眉月
  • 眉梢 (méishāo)
  • 眉棱
  • 眉棱骨
  • 眉橫丹鳳/眉横丹凤
  • 眉歡眼笑/眉欢眼笑
  • 眉毛 (méimáo)
  • 眉清目朗
  • 眉清目秀 (méiqīngmùxiù)
  • 眉甲
  • 眉目
  • 眉目不清
  • 眉目傳情/眉目传情 (méimù chuánqíng)
  • 眉目如畫/眉目如画
  • 眉目明秀
  • 眉目清明
  • 眉眼 (méiyǎn)
  • 眉眼不開/眉眼不开
  • 眉眼傳情/眉眼传情
  • 眉眼高低
  • 眉睫 (méijié)
  • 眉睫之內/眉睫之内
  • 眉睫之利
  • 眉睫之禍/眉睫之祸
  • 眉立
  • 眉筆/眉笔
  • 眉繭/眉茧
  • 眉花眼笑
  • 眉裡/眉里
  • 眉語/眉语
  • 眉貼花鈿/眉贴花钿
  • 眉蹙春山
  • 眉軒/眉轩
  • 眉開/眉开
  • 眉間尺/眉间尺
  • 眉開眼笑/眉开眼笑 (méikāiyǎnxiào)
  • 眉間赤/眉间赤
  • 眉面
  • 眉頭/眉头 (méitóu)
  • 眉頭不伸/眉头不伸
  • 眉頭不展/眉头不展
  • 眉頭眼腦/眉头眼脑
  • 眉飛色舞/眉飞色舞 (méifēisèwǔ)
  • 眉高眼低
  • 眉黛 (méidài)
  • 眼去眉來/眼去眉来
  • 眼眉 (yǎnméi)
  • 睜眉怒目/睁眉怒目
  • 秀眉
  • 秋眉
  • 立眉嗔目
  • 立眉立眼
  • 粗眉大眼
  • 紋眉/纹眉 (wénméi)
  • 細眉/细眉
  • 紫芝眉宇
  • 繭眉/茧眉
  • 翠眉
  • 老君眉
  • 肉眼愚眉
  • 臥蠶眉/卧蚕眉 (wòcánméi)
  • 自然蛾眉
  • 舉案齊眉/举案齐眉 (jǔ'ànqíméi)
  • 舒眉 (shūméi)
  • 色飛眉舞/色飞眉舞
  • 芝眉
  • 苫眉努目
  • 苫眼鋪眉/苫眼铺眉
  • 菩薩低眉/菩萨低眉
  • 薄眉
  • 虎眉
  • 蛾眉 (éméi)
  • 蛾眉月 (éméiyuè)
  • 蛾眉班
  • 蛾眉皓齒/蛾眉皓齿
  • 蛾眉螓首
  • 蛾眉豆
  • 螓首蛾眉
  • 西施顰眉/西施颦眉
  • 西眉南臉/西眉南脸
  • 觀眉說眼/观眉说眼
  • 賊眉鼠眼/贼眉鼠眼
  • 赤眉 (Chìméi)
  • 蹙眉 (cùméi)
  • 蹙眉長歎/蹙眉长叹
  • 蹙額愁眉/蹙额愁眉
  • 蹙額顰眉/蹙额颦眉
  • 軒眉/轩眉
  • 近在眉睫
  • 迫在眉睫 (pòzàiméijié)
  • 迫於眉睫/迫于眉睫
  • 送眼流眉
  • 通眉長爪/通眉长爪
  • 遠山眉/远山眉
  • 酒介齊眉/酒介齐眉
  • 重眉毛
  • 鋪眉搧眼/铺眉搧眼
  • 鋪眉苫眼/铺眉苫眼
  • 鋪眉蒙眼/铺眉蒙眼
  • 鎖眉/锁眉 (suǒméi)
  • 閉眉刷眼/闭眉刷眼
  • 開眉展眼/开眉展眼
  • 雙眉直豎/双眉直竖
  • 雙眉緊鎖/双眉紧锁
  • 面北眉南
  • 須眉/须眉 (xūméi)
  • 顰眉/颦眉 (pínméi)
  • 顰眉蹙額/颦眉蹙额
  • 顰蛾眉/颦蛾眉
  • 馬良白眉/马良白眉
  • 鬚眉/须眉 (xūméi)
  • 鮮眉亮眼/鲜眉亮眼
  • 黑眉烏嘴/黑眉乌嘴
  • 黛眉
  • 齊眉/齐眉
  • 齊眉棍/齐眉棍
  • 齊眉舉案/齐眉举案
  • 龍眉鳳目/龙眉凤目
  • 龍眉鳳眼/龙眉凤眼

Japanese

Kanji

眉

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. eyebrow

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
眉
まゆ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

/majo/ → /maju/

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū poetry anthology of the mid-700s with the reading mayo.[1] The ma element is very likely 目 (ma, “eye”, ancient combining form of modern me reading), but the derivation of the yo element is unclear.

Pronunciation

Noun

眉(まゆ) • (mayu) 

  1. eyebrow
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
眉
び
Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 眉 (MC mij).

Affix

眉(び) • (bi) 

  1. eyebrow

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
眉
み
Grade: S
goon

From Middle Chinese 眉 (MC mij).

Affix

眉(み) • (mi) 

  1. eyebrow

References

  1. “眉”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000}
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 眉 (MC mij). Recorded as Middle Korean 미 (mi) (Yale: mi) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource 眉 (eumhun 눈썹 미 (nunsseop mi))

  1. Hanja form? of 미 (“eyebrow”).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

眉: Hán Nôm readings: mi, mày, mầy, mì, my

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References

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