眉

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

• 𠋥, 𭃽, 𠷯, 堳, 媚, 嵋, 𢃼, 𢔰, 𢰲, 湄, 猸, 𣈲, 𣎊, 楣, 煝, 𤚤, 瑂, 睸, 𥚵, 𧛰, 𡮠, 𥻡, 𫃷(𮉭), 蝞, 𮙣, 𧳬, 𨉭, 鎇(镅), 𩋿, 𫗗, 𩹪, 𱁤
• 𫐹, 𪵟, 䰨, 𮟟, 郿, 𣮮, 𫵇, 𦎨, 𥊟, 𥋜, 𥌏, 𥌙, 鶥(鹛), 𭿰, 𡩏, 葿, 𭾴, 篃, 𩄎, 𬴮, 𠪃, 𮚯, 𡡻, 𣽪, 𦠙, 𡭌, 𧱸

References edit

• 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

Glyph origin edit

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 edit

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 edit

Definitions edit

眉

1. eyebrow (Classifier: 條／条 c; 堂 c)

   • 千萬愁鎖著雙眉 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     千万愁锁着双眉 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2020, 陳百潭 (lyrics and music), 霧中情, performed by 陳百潭 and 方千玉

     chhian-bān chhiû só-tio̍h siang-bî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Millions of sorrows lock my pair of brows

2. (by extension) upper margin of a book, leaflet, or page; header

   Antonym: 腳／脚

Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. eyebrow

Readings edit

• Go-on: み (mi, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: び (bi, Jōyō)
• Kun: まゆ (mayu, 眉, Jōyō)

Etymology 1 edit

/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 edit

• (Tokyo) ま​ゆ [máꜜyù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠jɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

眉(まゆ) • (mayu) 

1. eyebrow

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Chinese 眉 (MC mij).

Affix edit

眉(び) • (bi) 

1. eyebrow

Etymology 3 edit

From Middle Chinese 眉 (MC mij).

Affix edit

眉(み) • (mi) 

1. eyebrow

References edit

Etymology edit

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

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

眉

Wikisource

眉 (eumhun 눈썹 미 (nunsseop mi))

1. Hanja form^? of 미 (“eyebrow”).

Compounds edit

References edit

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Han character edit

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

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References edit

• Nom Foundation
• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)