miàn​lài

ogle

miǎn, miàn to look askance

Components

Meaning component
eye

eye

Sound component
miǎn parapet

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmenXmˤe[n]ʔlook askance
Zhengzhangmeːnʔ
meːns
Unicodemèn
měn

說文解字

目偏合也。一曰衺視也。秦語。从目丏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

lài squint at Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
eye
Sound component
lái come

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

squint at Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
eye
Sound component
lái come

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯːs

說文解字

目童子不正也。从目來聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica