眸

眸 U+7738, 眸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7738
← 眷
[U+7737] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 眹 →
[U+7739]

Translingual

Han character

眸 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月山戈竹手 (BUIHQ), four-corner 63050, composition ⿰目牟)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 807, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23312
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2489, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+7738

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 眸
alternative forms 牟

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (牟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
牟 *mu
眸 *mu
侔 *mu
蛑 *mu
麰 *mu
劺 *mu
恈 *mu
鴾 *mu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mu) : semantic 目 + phonetic 牟 (OC *mu).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 眸
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 莫浮切
Baxter mjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mɨu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /miu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /miəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /muw/
Li
Rong		 /miu/
Wang
Li		 /mĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 móu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 mau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 眸
Reading # 1/1
No. 9268
Phonetic
component		 牟
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 謀
Old
Chinese		 /*mu/

Definitions

眸

  1. (anatomy) pupil (of the eye)
  2. (by extension) eye

Compounds
  • 凝眸 (níngmóu)
  • 回眸 (huímóu)
  • 回眸一笑 (huímóuyīxiào)
  • 明眸 (míngmóu)
  • 明眸善睞／明眸善睐
  • 明眸皓齒／明眸皓齿
  • 星眸
  • 星眸皓齒／星眸皓齿
  • 皓齒明眸／皓齿明眸
  • 皓齒星眸／皓齿星眸
  • 盈眸
  • 眸子
  • 眼眸 (yǎnmóu)
  • 黑眸

Japanese

Kanji
眸

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. the pupil of an eye
  2. the iris of an eye
  3. eye

Readings
  • Go-on: む (mu)
  • Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
  • Kun: ひとみ (hitomi, 眸)

Korean

Hanja

眸 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)

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