眩

眩 U+7729, 眩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7729
← 眨
[U+7728] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 眪 →
[U+772A]

Translingual

Han character

眩 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山卜女戈 (BUYVI), four-corner 60032, composition ⿰目玄)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 805, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23254
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2482, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7729

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 眩
alternative forms 眴

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (玄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
弦 *ɡeːn
絃 *ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn
舷 *ɡeːn
痃 *ɡeːn
胘 *ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn
蚿 *ɡeːn
伭 *ɡeːn
婱 *ɡeːn
玄 *ɡʷeːn
眩 *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玹 *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玆 *ɡʷeːn
詃 *kʷeːn
泫 *ɡʷeːn
鉉 *ɡʷeːn
炫 *ɡʷeːn
袨 *ɡʷeːn
衒 *ɡʷeːn
惤 *ɡʷreːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).

Etymology

Related to 熒 (OC wêŋ). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • hiân - literary;
  • hîn - vernacular.
      • (Teochew)
        • Peng'im: hiêng5 / hiang5 / hing5 / hêng5
        • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiêng / hiâng / hîng / hêng
        • Sinological IPA (key): /hieŋ⁵⁵/, /hiaŋ⁵⁵/, /hiŋ⁵⁵/, /heŋ⁵⁵/
    Note:
    • hiêng5 - literary (Chaozhou);
    • hiang5 - literary (Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang);
    • hing5 - vernacular (Chaozhou);
    • hêng5 - vernacular (Jieyang).
    Rime
    Character 眩 眩
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 匣 (33)
    Final (韻) 先 (86) 先 (86)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed Closed
    Division (等) IV IV
    Fanqie 胡涓切 黃練切
    Baxter hwen hwenH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang    		 /ɦwen/ /ɦwenH/
    Pan
    Wuyun    		 /ɦʷen/ /ɦʷenH/
    Shao
    Rongfen    		 /ɣuɛn/ /ɣuɛnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank    		 /ɦwɛn/ /ɦwɛnH/
    Li
    Rong    		 /ɣuen/ /ɣuenH/
    Wang
    Li    		 /ɣiwen/ /ɣiwenH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren    		 /ɣiwen/ /ɣiwenH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex    		 xuán xuàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex    		 jyun4 jyun6
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 眩 眩
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 14030 14037
    Phonetic
    component    		 玄 玄
    Rime
    group    		 元 元
    Rime
    subdivision    		 2 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime    		 玄 泫
    Old
    Chinese    		 /*ɡʷeːn/ /*ɡʷeːn/

    Definitions

    眩

    1. dizzy; giddy; vertiginous
    2. (literary) puzzled; bewildered
    3. Alternative form of 炫 (xuàn, “to dazzle”)

    Synonyms
    Dialectal synonyms of 暈 (“dizzy; giddy”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 暈
    Mandarin Taiwan 暈
    Singapore 暈
    Cantonese Hong Kong 暈
    Singapore (Guangfu) 暈
    Southern Min Xiamen 眩
    Quanzhou 眩
    Zhangzhou 眩
    Tainan 眩, 楞
    Penang (Hokkien) 眩
    Singapore (Hokkien) 眩, 楞
    Manila (Hokkien) 眩
    Raoping 眩
    Jieyang 眩, 愩
    Singapore (Teochew) 眩
    Wenchang 眩
    Singapore (Hainanese) 眩

    Compounds
    • 昏眩 (hūnxuàn)
    • 暈眩／晕眩 (yūnxuàn)
    • 發眩／发眩
    • 目眩 (mùxuàn)
    • 目眩心花
    • 目眩神搖／目眩神摇
    • 目眩神迷
    • 目眩神馳／目眩神驰
    • 目眩魂搖／目眩魂摇
    • 眩人 (xuànrén)
    • 眩惑
    • 眩暈／眩晕
    • 眩曜
    • 眩泯
    • 眩湣
    • 眩目 (xuànmù)
    • 眩目震耳
    • 眩眠
    • 眩眩
    • 眩耀 (xuànyào)
    • 瞑眩
    • 神搖目眩／神摇目眩
    • 耳目昏眩
    • 蝯眩
    • 頭懸目眩／头悬目眩
    • 頭昏目眩／头昏目眩
    • 頭暈目眩／头晕目眩
    • 頭眩／头眩
    • 頭眩眼花／头眩眼花

    Japanese

    Kanji
    眩

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings

    Korean

    Hanja

    眩 • (hyeon, hwan) (hangeul 현, 환, revised hyeon, hwan, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn, hwan, Yale hyen, hwan)

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