# 眇

| 眇 | U+7707, &#30471; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7707 |
| ← 眆 [U+7706] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 眈 → [U+7708] |

## Translingual
### Han character

眇 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山火竹 (BUFH), four-corner 6902$_0$, composition ⿰目少)
* blind in one eye
* minute, minuscule

#### Derived characters

* 𠋝, 𭒈, 渺, 𥻠, 緲, 缈, 𫬣, 𪃐, 𪃦, 𬸙, 𪃧, 𫛹, 𦳥, 篎

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 802, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23188
* Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2472, character 15
* Unihan data for U+7707

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 觘 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 抄 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 鈔 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 訬 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ |
| 炒 | *sʰroːʔ |
| 吵 | *sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ |
| 耖 | *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 仯 | *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 眇 | *mewʔ |
| 渺 | *mewʔ |
| 杪 | *mewʔ |
| 秒 | *mewʔ |
| 篎 | *mewʔ, *mews |
| 妙 | *mews |
| 玅 | *mews |
| 釥 | *sm̥ʰewʔ |
| 小 | *smewʔ |
| 少 | *hmjewʔ, *hmjews |
| 麨 | *m̥ʰjewʔ |
| 尠 | *senʔ, *smos |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): miǎo (miao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): miu$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biáu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miǎo
*** Wade–Giles: miao$^3$
*** Yale: myǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meau
*** Palladius: мяо (mjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: miu$^5$
*** Yale: míuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: miu$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: miu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /miːu̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biáu
*** Tâi-lô: biáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: biao
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /biau⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /biau⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: mjiewX
Rime :
| Character | 眇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 亡沼切 |
| Baxter | mjiewX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /miᴇu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /miɛu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mjæu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /miaw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /miɛu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭɛu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯ɛu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | miǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | miu$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]ewʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mewʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 眇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | miǎo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mjiew$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[m]ewʔ/ |
| English | very small, minute |
| 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 | 眇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13694 |
| Phonetic component | 小 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 眇 |
| Old Chinese | /*mewʔ/ |

#### Definitions

眇
* (archaic) to be blind (in one eye)
* (archaic) to squint; to peer; to examine carefully
* (archaic) distant; faraway
* (literary) tiny; minute; minuscule
* (archaic) high; lofty; utmost

#### Compounds

* 俯遂幽眇
* 幼眇
* 幽眇
* 微眇
* 杳眇
* 眇天末
* 眇小 (miǎoxiǎo)
* 眇小丈夫
* 眇然
* 眇眇
* 眇眇忽忽
* 眇覿 / 眇觌
* 眇風 / 眇风
* 眇默
* 瞟眇
* 窅眇
* 要眇
* 飄眇 / 飘眇

### Pronunciation 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 眇 – see 妙 (“subtle; mysterious; profound; fine; glorious; marvelous; wonderful; exquisite; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 妙).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* squint

#### Readings

* Go-on: みょう (myō)
* Kan-on: びょう (byō)
* Kun: すがめ (sugame, 眇)、すがめる (sugameru, 眇める)、めっかち (mekkachi, 眇)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 眇
* びょう Hyōgai
* kan'on

#### Adjective

眇(びょう) • (byō) $^†$-tari (adnominal 眇(びょう)とした (byō to shita) or 眇(びょう)たる (byō taru), adverbial 眇(びょう)と (byō to) or 眇(びょう)として (byō to shite))
* (obsolete) small, minor, trifling

##### Conjugation

Stem forms :
| Irrealis (未然形) | 眇たら | べうたら | beutara |
| Continuative (連用形) | 眇と$^{[1]}$ 眇たり$^{[2]}$ | べうと べうたり | beuto beutari |
| Terminal (終止形) | 眇たり | べうたり | beutari |
| Attributive (連体形) | 眇たる | べうたる | beutaru |
| Realis (已然形) | 眇たれ | べうたれ | beutare |
| Imperative (命令形) | 眇たれ | べうたれ | beutare |
| Key constructions ||||
| Negative | 眇たらず | べうたらず | beutarazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 眇たれど | べうたれど | beutaredo |
| Causal conjunction | 眇たれば | べうたれば | beutareba |
| Conditional conjunction | 眇たらば | べうたらば | beutaraba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 眇たりき | べうたりき | beutariki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 眇たりけり | べうたりけり | beutarikeri |
| Adverbial | 眇と | べうと | beuto |
| $^{[1]}$Without auxiliary verb. $^{[2]}$With auxiliary verb. ||||

##### Derived terms

* 眇眇(びょうびょう) (byōbyō)

#### Noun

眇(びょう) • (byō)
* (obsolete) squint; strabismus

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 眇
* すがめ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 眇 – see the following entry. :
| 【すがめ】 | [noun] squinting [noun] squint, strabismus [verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of すがめる (sugameru) [ichidan] |
(This term, 眇, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 眇
* めっかち Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 眇 – see the following entry. :
| 【めっかち】 | [noun] (sensitive) blind in one eye [noun] (sensitive) having eyes of different sizes Alternative spelling 眇目 |
(This term, 眇, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

眇 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune–Reischauer myo, Yale myo)
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