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

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

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 176, +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/
Bernard
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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. dimple

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
えくぼ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
笑窪
(えくぼ)

(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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

• (yeop) (hangeul , revised yeop, McCuneReischauer yŏp, Yale yep)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: yếp, diệp

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