# 眉

| 眉 | U+7709, &#30473; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7709 |
| ← 眈 [U+7708] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 眊 → [U+770A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

眉 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日竹月山 (AHBU), four-corner 7726$_7$, composition ⿸𠃜目)

#### Derived characters

* 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

* 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

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 |
| | Old Chinese |
| 眉 | *mril |
| 楣 | *mril |
| 嵋 | *bril |
| 湄 | *mril |
| 鶥 | *mril |
| 瑂 | *mril |
| 郿 | *mril, *mrils |
| 葿 | *mril |
| 媚 | *mrils |
| 篃 | *mrils |
| 蝞 | *mrills |
| 煝 | *mrils |
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

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

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): méi (mei$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mei$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mei$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mì
    (Hailu, HRS): mi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mi$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): mi$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): mî
* Eastern Min (BUC): mì
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bai$^2$ / bi$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bâi / bî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhai$^5$ / mi$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$mi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: méi
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: méi
*** Wade–Giles: mei$^2$
*** Yale: méi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
*** Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^4$
*** Yale: mèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbei²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì
*** Hakka Romanization System: mi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: mi
*** Sinological IPA: /mi⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: mi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /mi¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mî
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mì
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bai$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bái
*** Sinological IPA : /pai¹³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bi$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bí
*** Sinological IPA : /pi¹³/
* bai2 - vernacular;
* bi2 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: mij
Rime :
| Character | 眉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 武悲切 |
| Baxter | mij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠiɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mji/ |
| Li Rong | /mji/ |
| Wang Li | /mi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mr[ə][r]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mril/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 眉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | méi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mij › |
| Old Chinese | /*mr[ə][r]/ |
| English | eyebrow |
| 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 | 眉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8938 |
| Phonetic component | 眉 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 眉 |
| Old Chinese | /*mril/ |

### Definitions

眉
* eyebrow (Classifier: 條／条 c; 堂 c)
    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
* (by extension) upper margin of a book, leaflet, or page; header
    Antonym: 腳 / 脚

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 眉 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 眉毛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 眉毛, 眼眉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 眉毛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 眉毛, 眼眉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 眉毛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 眉毛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 眼眉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 眉, 眉毛, 眼眉 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 眼眉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 眉毛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 眉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 眉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 眉毛, 眉, 眼眉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 眉毛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 眉毛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 眉毛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 眉毛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 眉毛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 眉毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 眉毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 眉毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 眉毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 眉毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 眼眉毛, 眉毛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 眉毛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 眉毛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 眼眉, 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 眼眉, 眼眉毛, 眉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 眼眉, 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 眉毛, 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 眼眉 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 眉毛 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 眉毛 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 眉毛 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 眼眉毛 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 眼毛 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 眼眉毛 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 眼眉毛 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 眉毛 |
| Hakka | Changting | 目眉毛, 眉毛 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 眼眉 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 眉毛, 眉毛牯 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 目眉 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 眼眉毛 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 眉毛 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 眼眉 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 目眉毛 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 眉毛 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 眉毛 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 眉毛 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 眉毛 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 眉毛 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 眉毛 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 眉毛 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 目眉, 目眉毛, 目睭毛 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 目眉, 目眉毛 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 目眉, 目眉毛 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 目眉, 目眉毛, 目毛, 目睭毛 with eyelash |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 目眉, 目眉毛 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 眉毛 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 眉 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 眉 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 目眉, 眉毛 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 目眉毛 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 目眉毛 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 眉毛 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 眼眉, 眼眉毛, 眉毛 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 眉毛 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 眉毛 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 眉毛 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 眉毛 |
| Wu | Danyang | 眉毛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 眉毛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 眼眉毛 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 眼黧毛 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 眉毛 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 眉毛 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 眼眉毛, 眉毛 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 眉毛 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 眉毛 |

### Compounds

* 一字眉 (yīzìméi)
* 不讓鬚眉 / 不让须眉
* 丟眉丟眼 / 丢眉丢眼
* 丟眉弄眼 / 丢眉弄眼
* 丟眉弄色 / 丢眉弄色
* 仰首伸眉
* 伸眉
* 低眉
* 伸眉吐氣 / 伸眉吐气
* 促眉
* 俊眼修眉
* 倒八字眉 (dàobāzìméi)
* 修眉 (xiūméi)
* 做眉眼
* 八字宮眉 / 八字宫眉
* 八字眉 (bāzìméi)
* 列眉
* 劍眉 / 剑眉
* 劍眉星眼 / 剑眉星眼
* 努目撐眉 / 努目撑眉
* 勾眉
* 卬首信眉
* 吊客眉
* 吐氣揚眉 / 吐气扬眉
* 喜上眉梢 (xǐshàngméishāo)
* 單眉 / 单眉
* 喬眉畫眼 / 乔眉画眼
* 喜眉笑眼
* 單眉細眼 / 单眉细眼
* 嚇眉唬眼 / 吓眉唬眼
* 夫婦齊眉 / 夫妇齐眉
* 娥眉 (éméi)
* 安眉帶眼 / 安眉带眼
* 宮眉 / 宫眉
* 尨眉皓髮 / 尨眉皓发
* 展眉
* 展眼舒眉
* 峨眉 (Éméi)
* 巾幗鬚眉 / 巾帼须眉
* 帶眼安眉 / 带眼安眉
* 龐眉白髮 / 庞眉白发
* 龐眉皓首 / 庞眉皓首
* 龐眉皓髮 / 庞眉皓发
* 張敞畫眉 / 张敞画眉
* 張眉弩眼 / 张眉弩眼
* 得挹芝眉
* 怒目攢眉 / 怒目攒眉
* 怒目橫眉 / 怒目横眉
* 惡眉惡眼 / 恶眉恶眼
* 愁眉 (chóuméi)
* 愁眉不展 (chóuméibùzhǎn)
* 愁眉淚眼 / 愁眉泪眼
* 愚眉肉眼
* 愁眉苦目
* 愁眉苦眼
* 愁眉苦臉 / 愁眉苦脸 (chóuméikǔliǎn)
* 慈眉善目 (címéishànmù)
* 扎眉扎眼
* 挽眉毛
* 掃眉 / 扫眉
* 掃眉才子 / 扫眉才子
* 掄眉豎目 / 抡眉竖目
* 掐鼻皺眉 / 掐鼻皱眉
* 揚眉吐氣 / 扬眉吐气
* 揚眉奮髯 / 扬眉奋髯
* 揚眉抵掌 / 扬眉抵掌
* 揚眉挺身 / 扬眉挺身
* 描眉畫眼 / 描眉画眼
* 摧眉
* 摧眉折腰
* 撐眉努眼 / 撑眉努眼
* 擠眉弄眼 / 挤眉弄眼
* 擠眉溜眼 / 挤眉溜眼
* 擰眉瞪眼 / 拧眉瞪眼
* 擠眼弄眉 / 挤眼弄眉
* 攢眉 / 攒眉 (cuánméi)
* 攢眉苦臉 / 攒眉苦脸
* 攢眉蹙鼻 / 攒眉蹙鼻
* 斂首低眉 / 敛首低眉
* 書眉 / 书眉
* 月眉星眼
* 有眉目
* 朗目疏眉
* 柳眉
* 柳眉倒豎 / 柳眉倒竖
* 柳眉剔豎 / 柳眉剔竖
* 柳眉踢豎 / 柳眉踢竖
* 柳葉眉 / 柳叶眉
* 橫眉 / 横眉
* 橫眉怒目 / 横眉怒目
* 橫眉瞪眼 / 横眉瞪眼
* 橫眉豎目 / 横眉竖目
* 死眉瞪眼
* 毫無眉目 / 毫无眉目
* 氣吐眉揚 / 气吐眉扬
* 淡掃蛾眉 / 淡扫蛾眉
* 淚眼愁眉 / 泪眼愁眉
* 濃眉 / 浓眉 (nóngméi)
* 濃眉大眼 / 浓眉大眼 (nóngméi dà yǎn)
* 火燒眉毛 / 火烧眉毛 (huǒshāoméimáo)
* 焦眉
* 燃眉
* 燃眉之急 (ránméizhījí)
* 燒眉之急 / 烧眉之急
* 畫眉 / 画眉 (huàméi)
* 畫眉張敞 / 画眉张敞
* 畫眉舉案 / 画眉举案
* 白眉 (báiméi)
* 白眉神
* 白眉赤眼
* 白眉鴃 / 白眉𫛞
* 白髮齊眉 / 白发齐眉
* 百齡眉壽 / 百龄眉寿
* 皓齒蛾眉 / 皓齿蛾眉
* 皺眉 / 皱眉 (zhòuméi)
* 皺眉蹙眼 / 皱眉蹙眼
* 直眉瞪眼
* 看人眉睫
* 眉似春山
* 眉低眼慢
* 眉來眼去 / 眉来眼去 (méiláiyǎnqù)
* 眉來語去 / 眉来语去
* 眉兒眼兒 / 眉儿眼儿
* 眉分八彩
* 眉刷
* 眉勢 / 眉势
* 眉南面北
* 眉史
* 眉單 / 眉单
* 眉垂目合
* 眉壽 / 眉寿 (méishòu)
* 眉如墨畫 / 眉如墨画
* 眉宇 (méiyǔ)
* 眉尖
* 眉尖眼尾
* 眉尾相結 / 眉尾相结
* 眉山 (Méishān)
* 眉山秀
* 眉峰雙鎖 / 眉峰双锁
* 眉心 (méixīn)
* 眉急
* 眉戶 / 眉户
* 眉批 (méipī)
* 眉月
* 眉梢 (méishāo)
* 眉棱
* 眉棱骨
* 眉橫丹鳳 / 眉横丹凤
* 眉歡眼笑 / 眉欢眼笑
* 眉毛 (méimáo)
* 眉清目朗
* 眉清目秀 (méiqīngmùxiù)
* 眉甲 (méijiǎ)
* 眉目
* 眉目不清
* 眉目傳情 / 眉目传情 (méimù chuánqíng)
* 眉目如畫 / 眉目如画
* 眉目明秀
* 眉目清明
* 眉眼 (méiyǎn)
* 眉眼不開 / 眉眼不开
* 眉眼傳情 / 眉眼传情
* 眉眼高低
* 眉睫 (méijié)
* 眉睫之內 / 眉睫之内
* 眉睫之利
* 眉睫之禍 / 眉睫之祸
* 眉立
* 眉筆 / 眉笔
* 眉繭 / 眉茧
* 眉花眼笑
* 眉裡 / 眉里
* 眉語 / 眉语
* 眉貼花鈿 / 眉贴花钿
* 眉蹙春山
* 眉軒 / 眉轩
* 眉開 / 眉开
* 眉間尺 / 眉间尺
* 眉開眼笑 / 眉开眼笑 (méikāiyǎnxiào)
* 眉間赤 / 眉间赤
* 眉面
* 眉頭 / 眉头 (méitóu)
* 眉頭不伸 / 眉头不伸
* 眉頭不展 / 眉头不展
* 眉頭眼腦 / 眉头眼脑
* 眉飛色舞 / 眉飞色舞 (méifēisèwǔ)
* 眉高眼低
* 眉黛 (méidài)
* 眼去眉來 / 眼去眉来
* 眼眉 (yǎnméi)
* 睜眉怒目 / 睁眉怒目
* 秀眉
* 秋眉
* 立眉嗔目
* 立眉立眼
* 粗眉大眼
* 紋眉 / 纹眉 (wénméi)
* 細眉 / 细眉
* 紫芝眉宇
* 繭眉 / 茧眉
* 翠眉
* 老君眉
* 肉眼愚眉
* 臥蠶眉 / 卧蚕眉 (wòcánméi)
* 自然蛾眉
* 舉案齊眉 / 举案齐眉 (jǔ'ànqíméi)
* 舒眉 (shūméi)
* 色飛眉舞 / 色飞眉舞
* 芝眉
* 苫眉努目
* 苫眼鋪眉 / 苫眼铺眉
* 菩薩低眉 / 菩萨低眉 (púsà dī méi)
* 薄眉
* 虎眉
* 蛾眉 (éméi)
* 蛾眉月 (éméiyuè)
* 蛾眉班
* 蛾眉皓齒 / 蛾眉皓齿
* 蛾眉螓首
* 蛾眉豆
* 螓首蛾眉
* 西施顰眉 / 西施颦眉
* 西眉南臉 / 西眉南脸
* 觀眉說眼 / 观眉说眼
* 賊眉鼠眼 / 贼眉鼠眼 (zéiméishǔyǎn)
* 赤眉 (Chìméi)
* 蹙眉 (cùméi)
* 蹙眉長歎 / 蹙眉长叹
* 蹙額愁眉 / 蹙额愁眉
* 蹙額顰眉 / 蹙额颦眉
* 軒眉 / 轩眉
* 近在眉睫
* 迫在眉睫 (pòzàiméijié)
* 迫於眉睫 / 迫于眉睫
* 送眼流眉
* 通眉長爪 / 通眉长爪
* 遠山眉 / 远山眉
* 酒介齊眉 / 酒介齐眉
* 重眉毛
* 鋪眉搧眼 / 铺眉搧眼
* 鋪眉苫眼 / 铺眉苫眼
* 鋪眉蒙眼 / 铺眉蒙眼
* 鎖眉 / 锁眉 (suǒméi)
* 閉眉刷眼 / 闭眉刷眼
* 開眉展眼 / 开眉展眼
* 雙眉直豎 / 双眉直竖
* 雙眉緊鎖 / 双眉紧锁
* 面北眉南
* 須眉 / 须眉 (xūméi)
* 顰眉 / 颦眉 (pínméi)
* 顰眉蹙額 / 颦眉蹙额
* 顰蛾眉 / 颦蛾眉
* 馬良白眉 / 马良白眉
* 鬚眉 / 须眉 (xūméi)
* 鮮眉亮眼 / 鲜眉亮眼
* 黑眉烏嘴 / 黑眉乌嘴
* 黛眉
* 齊眉 / 齐眉
* 齊眉棍 / 齐眉棍
* 齊眉舉案 / 齐眉举案
* 龍眉鳳目 / 龙眉凤目
* 龍眉鳳眼 / 龙眉凤眼

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* eyebrow

#### Readings

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

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 眉
* まゆ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
/majo/ → /maju/
From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū poetry anthology of the mid-700s with the reading mayo. 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

* (Tokyo) まゆ [máꜜyù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ma̠jɯ̟]

#### Noun

眉(まゆ) • (mayu)
* eyebrow

##### Derived terms

* 眉毛(まゆげ) (mayuge): eyebrow (more explicitly refers to the hair of the eyebrow)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 眉
* び Grade: S
* kan'on
From Middle Chinese 眉 (MC mij).

#### Affix

眉(び) • (bi)
* eyebrow

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 眉
* み Grade: S
* goon
From Middle Chinese 眉 (MC mij).

#### Affix

眉(み) • (mi)
* eyebrow

### References

* ↑ “眉”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006}
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

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

### Hanja

Wikisource 眉 (eumhun 눈썹 미 (nunsseop mi))
* hanja form of 미 (“eyebrow”)

#### Compounds

* 미간 (眉間, migan)
* 미목 (眉目, mimok)
* 수미 (鬚眉, sumi)

### References

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

眉: Hán Nôm readings: mi, mày, mầy, mì, my
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### References

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