Taxonomy of meanings for 眇:
- 眇 miǎo (OC: mewʔ MC: miɛu) 亡沼切 上 廣韻:【説文曰一目小也亡沼切十 】
- SQUINT
- related
feature>BLIND
- v[adN]nonreferentialthe blind; those who are blind
- viblind on one eye because of strabismus or near-sightedness; post-Han: blind on both eyes
- vtoNcausativecause to be blind; to blind
- generalised>LOOK
- vito squint because of strabismus or near-sightedness
- closely>INVESTIGATE
- vtoNinvestigate meticulouslyCH
- object> SUBTLE
- abstract, generalised:
encompass>REACH
- related
feature>BLIND
- =秒SMALL
- UNIMPORTANT
- vadNdistant> insignificant 眇眇之身 could be regarded as semi-pronoun in SJ
- =渺DISTANT
- nsubjectwhat is distant; the distant
- vibe distant
- vviderivedreach far into the (metaphysical) distanceCH
- =邈 poetically>DISTANT
- nsubjectwhat is distant; the distant
- vibe distant
- vviderivedreach far into the (metaphysical) distanceCH
- =杪HIGH
- SQUINT
- miào
- =妙 SUBTLE
- miǎoEXCELLENT
- vtoN= miao4 妙: to excel over NLZ
Additional information about 眇
說文解字: 【眇】,一目小也。从目、从少,少亦聲。 〔小徐本無「从少」二字。〕 【亡沼切】
- Criteria
- BLIND
[[CONGERIES]]
1. Gǔ 瞽 is the standard word for blindness (not necessarily congenital) where a person has eyeballs, but where the eyesight is impaired, some say typically by the eye-lids leaving only a small opening. The word also has figurative meanings.
2. Máng 盲 (ant. míng 明 "endowed with clear sight") became the standard word for blindness, but the word can apparently also refer specifically to colour-blindness in pre-Han times.
3. Méng 矇 / 蒙 refers specifically to blindness as a result of glaucoma, but is also current in generalised meanings referring to reduced vision.
4. Sǒu 瞍 refers ocasionally to blindness which is the result of atrophy or lack of eyeballs (as prototypically in the case of Music Master Kuàng 師曠 ), and this is an ancient elevated word to use.
5. Miǎo 眇 refers to blindness on one eye because of near-sightnedness or strabismus; and in post-Han times the word came to refer to blindness in both eyes.
6. Xuàn 眩 refers to non-congenital blindness, but the word is very often used metaphorically in the sense of "blinded, dazzled".
NB: Xiá 瞎 is post-Buddhist, SANGUO.
- SMALL
1. The dominant quite general word is xiǎo 小 (ant. dà 大 "big"), and this word refers to both physical size and abstract importance.
2. Miǎo 眇 / 渺 and mǐ 靡 (ant. páng 龐 "big") refers to extremely small size of something.
3. Xì 細 (ant. jù 巨 "enormous") is sometimes used to refer to something being small or of slight importance. See TENUOUS
NB: ǎi 矮 "not tall, of slight height, of low build" is post-Buddhist late colloquial.
- GREAT
1. The most general word for awe-inspiring greatness and significance is wěi 偉 (ant. 眇 / 渺 "trifling").
2. Dà 大 (ant. xiǎo 小 "insignificant") is often used to refer to generally recognised awe-inspiring status (for example of a king etc) rather than mere size.
3. Hóng 弘 and jù 巨 (ant. xì 細 ) are stylistically marked strong words to use for the greatness of something. See IMPORTANT
4. Hóng 鴻 refers to greatness as essentially linked to immense size.
5 Kǒng 孔 is an archaic word referring to immensity, numerousness as well as remarkable intensity of something.