zhǎ HSK7

wink

sund

Components

Meaning component
eye
Sound component
lack

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsreapmə-[ts]ˤr[a]p (< *mə-S.pˤrap ?)blink, wink

說文解字

《說文新附》:“眨,動目也。从目,乏聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica