瞼

See also: 睑

瞼 U+77BC, 瞼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77BC ← 瞻 [U+77BB] CJK Unified Ideographs 瞽 → [U+77BD]

Translingual

Traditional	瞼
Shinjitai (extended)	𥇥
Simplified	睑

Han character

瞼 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月山人一人 (BUOMO), four-corner 6808₆, composition ⿰目僉)

1. eyelid

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 819, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23744
• Dae Jaweon: page 1231, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2518, character 6
• Unihan data for U+77BC

Chinese

trad.		瞼
simp.		睑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 瞼
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (僉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
厱	*raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam
歛	*qʰlaːm
臉	*ɡ·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ
醶	*ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ
鹼	*kreːmʔ, *skʰlam
薟	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram
匳	*ɡ·ram
獫	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ
蘞	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam
籢	*ɡ·ram
斂	*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
瀲	*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
撿	*ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ
羷	*ɡ·ramʔ
殮	*ɡ·rams
簽	*skʰlam
僉	*skʰlam
憸	*skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ
譣	*skʰlam, *qʰramʔ
檢	*kramʔ
瞼	*kramʔ
儉	*ɡramʔ
顩	*ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ
嬐	*ŋramʔ
嶮	*ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ
噞	*ŋramʔ, *ŋrams
驗	*ŋrams
險	*qʰramʔ
劒	*kams
劍	*kams
𩏩	*qʰam

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gim² / lim⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chien³
    • Yale: jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gim² / lim⁴
    • Yale: gím / lìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gim² / lim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gim² / lim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːm³⁵/, /liːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám
    • Tâi-lô: kiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiarm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiam⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjemX

Rime
Character	瞼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居奄切
Baxter	kjemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjiamX/
Li Rong	/kjɛmX/
Wang Li	/kĭɛmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gim2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kramʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瞼
Reading #	1/1
No.	10210
Phonetic component	僉
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	檢
Old Chinese	/*kramʔ/

Definitions

瞼

1. eyelid

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 眼皮 (“eyelid”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瞼
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		眼瞼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	眼皮兒
	Taiwan	眼皮
	Harbin	眼皮, 眼皮子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	眼皮兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	眼皮子, 眼皮兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	眼皮兒
	Wanrong	眼泡兒
	Xi'an	眼皮兒
	Xining	眼皮兒
	Xuzhou	眼皮兒, 眼皮子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	眼皮子, 眼皮兒, 眼泡子, 眼泡兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	眼皮子
	Lanzhou	眼皮子
	Ürümqi	眼皮子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	眼皮子, 眼皮
	Wuhan	眼皮子, 眼皮
	Guiyang	眼皮
	Liuzhou	眼皮
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	眼皮
	Yangzhou	眼睛箍子, 眼睛箍, 眼睛皮子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼皮
	Hong Kong	眼皮
	Dongguan	眼皮
Gan	Nanchang	眼睛皮子
	Lichuan	眼皮
	Pingxiang	眼皮
Hakka	Meixian	眼皮
	Yudu	眼皮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目珠皮, 目珠瞼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	目珠皮, 目珠瞼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	目珠皮
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	目珠皮
	Singkawang	目珠皮
Huizhou	Jixi	眼皮
Jin	Taiyuan	眼皮
	Pingyao	眼泡皮
	Xinzhou	眼皮子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	目睭皮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	目皮
	Fuqing	目皮
Southern Min	Xiamen	目睭皮, 目蚶
	Quanzhou	目睭皮
	Jinjiang	目睭皮
	Zhangzhou	目睭皮, 目蚶
	Taipei	目睭皮, 目蚶
	Kaohsiung	目睭皮, 蚶
	Yilan	目睭皮, 目蚶
	Changhua (Lukang)	目睭皮, 目蚶
	Taichung	目睭皮, 目蚶
	Taichung (Wuqi)	目皮, 目蚶
	Tainan	目睭皮, 目蚶
	Taitung	目睭皮, 目蚶
	Hsinchu	目睭皮, 目蚶
	Penghu (Magong)	目跤皮, 目蚶
	Penang (Hokkien)	目睭皮
	Singapore (Hokkien)	目睭皮
	Leizhou	目跤皮
	Haikou	目皮
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	眼皮
Wu	Shanghai	眼皮, 眼泡, 眼泡皮
	Shanghai (Chongming)	眼脬
	Suzhou	眼泡皮
	Danyang	眼皮
	Hangzhou	眼皮兒
	Ningbo	眼泡皮
	Wenzhou	眼皮
Xiang	Changsha	眼睛皮子, 眼皮子
	Loudi	眼皮子, 眼皮

Compounds

• 眼瞼 / 眼睑 (yǎnjiǎn)
• 瞼腺炎 / 睑腺炎