眸

眸	U+7738, 眸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7738

← 眷
[U+7737]

CJK Unified Ideographs

眹 →
[U+7739]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

KangXi: page 807, character 5

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23312

Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 20

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2489, character 4

Unihan data for U+7738

Chinese

simp. and trad.		眸

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, OC *mu) : semantic 目 + phonetic 牟 (OC *mu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): móu (mou²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁴
Min Dong (BUC): mèu
Wu (Wiktionary): meu (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: móu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ
  - Wade–Giles: mou²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mou
  - IPA ^(key): /moʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mau⁴
  - Yale: màuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: meo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mèu
  - IPA ^(key): /mɛu⁵³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: meu (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /mɜ²³/

Middle Chinese: /mɨu/▼

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
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

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*mu/

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

(anatomy) pupil of eye
(by extension) eye

Compounds

凝眸
回眸 (huímóu)
回眸一笑 (huímóuyīxiào)
明眸
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 (móuzi)
眼眸
黑眸

Japanese

Kanji

眸

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

the pupil of an eye
the iris of an eye
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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