碧眼

Chinese

 
green jade; bluish green; blue; jade
eye
simp. and trad.
(碧眼)

Pronunciation


Noun

碧眼

  1. (literary) green eyes
  2. (literary, metonymically) non-Han people inhabiting northwestern China; Westerner; Caucasian person

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
へき
Jinmeiyō
がん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 碧眼 (pwiᴇk̚ ŋˠɛnX).

Pronunciation

Noun

碧眼 (hiragana へきがん, rōmaji hekigan)

  1. blue eyes
  2. Westerner

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 紅毛碧眼 (こうもうへきがん) (kōmō hekigan)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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