# 眨

| 眨 | U+7728, &#30504; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7728 |
| ← 眧 [U+7727] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 眩 → [U+7729] |

## Translingual
### Han character

眨 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹戈人 (BUHIO), four-corner 6203$_7$, composition ⿰目乏)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 805, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23253
* Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2476, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7728

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 砭 | *prom, *proms |
| 貶 | *promʔ |
| 窆 | *proms |
| 泛 | *pʰoms, *bob |
| 姂 | *pʰoms, *bob, *kpʰob |
| 䒦 | *pʰom, *pʰoms |
| 柉 | *bom |
| 覂 | *poŋʔ |
| 眨 | *sproːb |
| 鴔 | *brub |
| 乏 | *bob |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǎ (zha$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam$^2$ / zaap$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): tiák
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chap / chha̍p
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎ
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎ
*** Wade–Giles: cha$^3$
*** Yale: jǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaa
*** Palladius: чжа (čža)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂä²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaam$^2$ / zaap$^3$
*** Yale: jáam / jaap
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam$^2$ / dzaap$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zam$^2$ / zab$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saːm³⁵/, /t͡saːp̚³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tiák
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiɑʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chap
*** Tâi-lô: tsap
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zab
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sap̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sap̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha̍p
*** Tâi-lô: tsha̍p
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhap
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰap̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tsreap
Rime :
| Character | 眨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 莊 (18) |
| Final (韻) | 洽 (152) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 側洽切 |
| Baxter | tsreap |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃˠɛp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂᵚæp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃɐp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂəɨp̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃɐp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃɐp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zha |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zaap$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-[ts]ˤr[a]p/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sproːb/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 眨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhǎ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsrɛp › |
| Old Chinese | /*mə-[ts]ˁr[a]p/ (< *mə-S.pˁrap ?) |
| English | blink, wink |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 眨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2850 |
| Phonetic component | 乏 |
| Rime group | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 眨 |
| Old Chinese | /*sproːb/ |

### Definitions

眨
* to blink; to wink
       From: Samuei Hui, 尖沙咀Susie
       keoi$^5$ pung$^3$ gin$^3$ maang$^5$ naam$^4$, deoi$^3$ ngaan$^5$ wui$^5$ maang$^5$ gam$^3$ zaam$^2$ [Jyutping]
       If she encounters a hunk, her eyes will bat non-stop
* (Hakka) to close one's eyes

#### Synonyms

* (to blink): (regional) 眨巴 (zhǎba); (Hakka, Eastern Min, Souther Min) 𥍉／𱳅 (shè)

#### Compounds

* 一眨眼
* 不眨眼
* 目眨
* 目眨眨
* 目眨眨仔
* 眨一下目
* 眨巴 (zhǎba)
* 眨目
* 眨眼 (zhǎyǎn)
* 霍霍眨眨

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* wink

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō)
* Kun: またたく (matataku, 眨く)

## Korean
### Hanja

眨 • (jap) (hangeul 잡, revised jap, McCune–Reischauer chap, Yale cap)
* wink