See also:
U+9768, 靨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9768

[U+9767]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9769]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 176, 面+14, 23 strokes, cangjie input 一大一田中 (MKMWL), four-corner 71601, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1384, character 44
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42698
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1899, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4402, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+9768

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qeb): phonetic (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic (face).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (155)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jiep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔiap̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔiɛp̚/
Wang
Li
/ĭɛp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ye
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jip3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14432
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qeb/

Definitions

  1. (literary) dimple (of the face)

Synonyms

Compounds

  • 杏靨 / 杏靥
  • 笑靨 / 笑靥 (xiàoyè)
  • 羞靨 / 羞靥
  • 翠靨 / 翠靥
  • 酒靨 / 酒靥 (jiǔyè)
  • 開靨 / 开靥
  • 面靨 / 面靥
  • 靨兒 / 靥儿
  • 靨輔 / 靥辅 (yèfǔ)
  • 靨鈿 / 靥钿
  • 靨靨 / 靥靥

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. dimple

Readings

  • Go-on: よう ()えふ (efu, historical)
  • Kan-on: よう ()えふ (efu, historical)
  • Kun: えくぼ (ekubo, )ゑくぼ (wekubo, , historical)

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
えくぼ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
笑窪

(e, laugh; smile) +‎ (kubo, depression).

Pronunciation

Noun

(えくぼ) • (ekuboゑくぼ (wekubo)?

  1. a dimple (skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth)
    痘痕(あばた)(えくぼ)
    abata mo ekubo
    love is blind (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

• (yeop) (hangeul , revised yeop, McCune–Reischauer yŏp, Yale yep)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: yếp, diệp

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