眼鏡

See also: 眼镜

More information eye, mirror; lens ...

	eye	mirror; lens
trad. (眼鏡)	眼	鏡
simp. (眼镜)	眼	镜
Literally: “eye lens”.

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yǎnjìng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yan³ jin⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngaan⁵ geng^3-2 / ngaan⁵ geng³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ngan² giang^1*
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngián-kiang

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngian³ giang⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): nie² jing³
Eastern Min (BUC): ngiāng-giáng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gán-kiàⁿ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nge-cin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnjìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnjìng
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-ching⁴
  - Yale: yǎn-jìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanjinq
  - Palladius: яньцзин (janʹczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (眼鏡兒 / 眼镜儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnjìngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnjìngr
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-ching⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: yǎn-jìngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanjienql
  - Palladius: яньцзинр (janʹczinr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɤ̯̃ɻ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yan³ jin⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iangin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛn⁵³ t͡ɕin²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁵ geng^3-2 / ngaan⁵ geng³
  - Yale: ngáahn géng / ngáahn geng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ geng^3-2 / ngaan⁵ geng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ géng^3-2 / ngan⁵ géng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ kɛːŋ³³⁻³⁵/, /ŋaːn¹³ kɛːŋ³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ngan² giang^1*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡan⁵⁵ kiaŋ³³⁻³³⁵/
Hakka
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngián-kiang
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian^ˋ giang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ giang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an³¹ ki̯aŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngian³ giang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋian³¹ kiaŋ⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: nie² jing³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /nie⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngiāng-giáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiaŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋiɑŋ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-kiàⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: gán-kiànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gafnkviax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiã²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶nge-cin
  - MiniDict: nge^去 cin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nge-jin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋe²² t͡ɕin⁴⁴/

Noun

眼鏡

glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles (Classifier: 副 m c) [from 16th c.]
戴眼鏡／戴眼镜 ― dài yǎnjìng ― to wear glasses

摘眼鏡／摘眼镜 ― zhāi yǎnjìng ― to take off one's glasses

除眼鏡／除眼镜 [Cantonese] ― ceoi⁴ ngaan⁵ geng^3-2 [Jyutping] ― to take off one's glasses

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Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		靉靆, 眼鏡
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		眼鏡
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	眼鏡兒, 眼鏡子
	Taiwan	眼鏡
	Chengde	眼鏡兒
	Chifeng	眼鏡兒, 鏡子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	眼鏡
	Heihe	眼鏡兒
	Qiqihar	眼鏡, 鏡子
	Harbin	眼鏡兒, 鏡子
	Jiamusi	眼鏡兒, 鏡子
	Baicheng	眼鏡兒
	Changchun	眼鏡兒
	Tonghua	眼鏡兒
	Shenyang	眼鏡兒, 鏡子
	Jinzhou	眼鏡兒, 鏡子
	Malaysia	眼鏡
	Singapore	眼鏡
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	眼鏡兒
	Tangshan	眼鏡兒, 眼鏡子
	Cangzhou	眼鏡兒
	Baoding	眼鏡兒
	Shijiazhuang	眼鏡兒
	Lijin	眼鏡, 鏡子
	Jinan	眼鏡子, 鏡子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	眼鏡兒
	Dandong	眼鏡兒
	Yantai	眼鏡
	Yantai (Muping)	眼鏡
	Qingdao	眼鏡
	Zhucheng	眼鏡
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	眼鏡兒, 二餅兒 derogatory
	Lingbao	眼鏡
	Jining	眼鏡
	Wanrong	眼鏡, 鏡子 dated, 二柄子 derogatory
	Linfen	眼鏡兒
	Shangqiu	眼鏡兒
	Yuanyang	眼鏡
	Zhengzhou	眼鏡
	Xinyang	眼鏡兒
	Baihe	眼鏡, 眼鏡子
	Xi'an	眼鏡, 眼鏡兒
	Baoji	眼鏡
	Tianshui	眼鏡
	Xining	眼鏡兒, 眼鏡子, 眼鏡兒子
	Xuzhou	眼鏡, 二餅 humorous
	Fuyang	眼鏡, 鏡子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	眼鏡子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	眼鏡, 眼鏡兒
	Lanzhou	眼鏡兒, 眼鏡子, 鏡子, 二軲轆 humorous
	Dunhuang	眼鏡子
	Hami	眼鏡
	Ürümqi	眼鏡子, 鏡子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	眼鏡兒, 眼鏡
	Nanchong	眼鏡兒
	Dazhou	眼鏡兒, 鏡子
	Hanyuan	眼鏡, 眼鏡子
	Xichang	眼鏡
	Zigong	眼鏡兒
	Chongqing	眼鏡兒
	Wuhan	眼鏡, 鏡子 dated, 玻璃 humorous
	Yichang	眼鏡
	Xiangyang	眼鏡, 鏡子
	Tianmen	眼鏡
	Guiyang	眼鏡
	Zunyi	眼鏡
	Bijie	眼鏡
	Liping	眼鏡
	Zhaotong	眼鏡
	Dali	眼鏡
	Kunming	眼鏡
	Mengzi	眼鏡
	Guilin	眼鏡
	Liuzhou	眼鏡
	Jishou	眼鏡
	Changde	眼鏡
	Hanzhong	眼鏡子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	眼鏡, 二餅 humorous
	Yangzhou	眼鏡子
	Lianyungang	眼鏡
	Lianshui	眼鏡子
	Nantong	眼鏡
	Anqing	眼鏡, 眼睛罩 dated
	Wuhu	眼鏡子
	Hefei	眼鏡子
	Huanggang	眼鏡兒
	Hong'an	眼鏡, 鏡子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼鏡, 眼枷
	Hong Kong	眼鏡
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	眼鏡
	Macau	眼鏡
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	眼鏡
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	眼鏡
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	眼鏡
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	眼鏡
	Foshan	眼鏡
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	眼鏡
	Foshan (Shunde)	眼鏡
	Foshan (Sanshui)	眼鏡
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	眼鏡
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	眼鏡
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	眼鏡
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	眼鏡
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	眼鏡
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	眼鏡
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	眼鏡
	Taishan	眼鏡
	Kaiping (Chikan)	眼鏡
	Enping (Niujiang)	眼鏡
	Heshan (Yayao)	眼鏡
	Dongguan	眼鏡, 二文錢 dated
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	眼鏡
	Qingyuan	眼鏡
	Fogang	眼鏡
	Yingde (Hanguang)	眼鏡
	Yangshan	眼鏡
	Lianshan (Butian)	眼鏡
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	眼鏡
	Shaoguan	眼鏡
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	眼鏡
	Renhua	眼鏡
	Lechang	眼鏡
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	眼鏡
	Sihui	眼鏡
	Guangning	眼鏡
	Deqing	眼鏡
	Huaiji	眼鏡
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	眼鏡
	Yunfu	眼鏡
	Xinxing	眼鏡
	Luoding	眼鏡
	Yunan (Pingtai)	眼鏡
	Xinyi	眼鏡
	Lianjiang	眼鏡
	Nanning	眼鏡
	Wuzhou	眼鏡
	Yulin	眼鏡
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	眼鏡
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	眼鏡
	Singapore (Guangfu)	眼鏡
Gan	Nanchang	眼鏡子
	Lichuan	眼鏡
	Pingxiang	眼鏡
Hakka	Meixian	目鏡, 眼鏡
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	眼鏡
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	眼鏡
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	眼鏡
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	眼鏡
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	眼鏡
	Wuhua (Changbu)	眼鏡
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	眼鏡
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	眼鏡
	Jiexi	目鏡
	Luhe	目鏡
	Changting	眼鏡
	Longyan (Yongding)	眼鏡
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	目鏡, 眼鏡
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	眼鏡
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	目鏡
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	目鏡
	Liancheng (Peitian)	眼鏡
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	眼鏡
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	目鏡
	Yudu	眼鏡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目鏡
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	目鏡
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	目鏡
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	目鏡
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	目鏡
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	目鏡
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	目鏡
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	目鏡
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	目鏡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	眼鏡
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	目鏡
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	眼枷仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	眼枷仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	目鏡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	目鏡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	目鏡
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	目鏡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	目鏡
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	眼鏡
	Sabah (Longchuan)	眼鏡
	Kuching (Hepo)	目鏡
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	目鏡
	Singkawang	目鏡
	Bangkok (Meixian)	眼鏡
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	目鏡
Huizhou	Jixi	眼鏡
Huizhou	Shexian	眼鏡
Jin	Taiyuan	眼鏡
	Yangyuan	眼鏡兒, 鏡子
	Datong	眼鏡兒
	Xinzhou	眼鏡, 二餅子 derogatory
	Lüliang (Lishi)	眼鏡兒
	Changzhi	眼鏡兒
	Linhe	眼鏡
	Jining	眼鏡兒
	Hohhot	眼鏡
	Erenhot	眼鏡兒
	Pingshan	眼鏡子, 鏡子
	Zhangjiakou	眼鏡兒, 鏡子
	Handan	眼鏡
	Linzhou	眼鏡
	Suide	眼鏡
Northern Min	Jian'ou	眼鏡
	Songxi	眼鏡
	Jianyang	眼鏡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	眼鏡
	Fuqing	眼鏡
	Gutian	眼鏡
	Ningde	眼鏡
	Zhouning	眼鏡
	Fuding	眼鏡
	Youxi	眼鏡
	Matsu	眼鏡
Southern Min	Xiamen	目鏡
	Quanzhou	目鏡
	Jinjiang	目鏡
	Yongchun	目鏡
	Zhangzhou	目鏡
	Zhao'an	目鏡
	Taipei	目鏡
	Taipei (Wanhua)	目鏡
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	目鏡
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	目鏡
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	目鏡
	Kaohsiung	目鏡
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	目鏡
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	目鏡
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	目鏡
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	目鏡
	Yilan	目鏡
	Yilan (Luodong)	目鏡
	Yilan (Toucheng)	目鏡
	Changhua (Lukang)	目鏡
	Taichung	目鏡
	Taichung (Wuqi)	目鏡
	Tainan	目鏡
	Tainan (Anping)	目鏡
	Taitung	目鏡
	Hsinchu	目鏡
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	目鏡
	Penghu (Magong)	目鏡
	Penghu (Xiyu)	目鏡
	Penang (Hokkien)	目鏡
	Singapore (Hokkien)	目鏡
	Manila (Hokkien)	目鏡
	Longyan	目鏡
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	目鏡
	Datian	眼鏡
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	眼鏡
	Chaozhou	目鏡
	Shantou	目鏡
	Shantou (Chenghai)	目鏡
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	目鏡
	Jieyang	目鏡
	Haifeng	目鏡
	Phnom Penh (Teochew)	目鏡
	Singapore (Teochew)	目鏡
	Leizhou	目鏡
	Wenchang	目鏡
	Haikou	目鏡
Puxian Min	Putian	目鏡
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	目鏡
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	目鏡
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	目鏡
	Xianyou	目鏡
	Xianyou (Fengting)	目鏡
	Xianyou (Youyang)	目鏡
Central Min	Yong'an	眼鏡, 目鏡
Central Min	Sanming (Shaxian)	目鏡
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	眼鏡
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	眼鏡
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	目鏡
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	眼鏡, 眼枷
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	眼鏡子
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	眼鏡
Wu	Shanghai	眼鏡, 托力克
	Shanghai (Chongming)	眼鏡
	Suzhou	眼鏡
	Danyang	眼鏡子
	Hangzhou	眼鏡兒
	Ningbo	蔡眼
	Wenzhou	眼鏡, 眼視鏡
	Jinhua	眼鏡
Xiang	Changsha	眼鏡
	Loudi	眼鏡
	Quanzhou	眼鏡
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	眼鏡

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Dialectal synonyms of 眼鏡 (“eyeglasses”) [map]

Derived terms

大跌眼鏡 / 大跌眼镜 (dàdiēyǎnjìng)
太陽眼鏡 / 太阳眼镜 (tàiyáng yǎnjìng)
夾鼻眼鏡 / 夹鼻眼镜
有色眼鏡 / 有色眼镜 (yǒusè yǎnjìng)
木頭眼鏡 / 木头眼镜
無形眼鏡 / 无形眼镜
眼鏡娘 / 眼镜娘 (yǎnjìngniáng)
眼鏡子 / 眼镜子 (yǎnjìngzi)
眼鏡布 / 眼镜布
眼鏡架 / 眼镜架
眼鏡片 / 眼镜片
眼鏡猴 / 眼镜猴 (yǎnjìnghóu)
眼鏡王蛇 / 眼镜王蛇 (yǎnjìng wángshé)
眼鏡蛇 / 眼镜蛇 (yǎnjìngshé)
老花眼鏡 / 老花眼镜 (lǎohuā yǎnjìng)
變色眼鏡 / 变色眼镜 (biànsè yǎnjìng)
跌眼鏡 / 跌眼镜 (diēyǎnjìng)
跌破眼鏡 / 跌破眼镜
配眼鏡 / 配眼镜 (pèi yǎnjìng)
隱形眼鏡 / 隐形眼镜 (yǐnxíng yǎnjìng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (眼鏡):

→ Japanese: 眼(がん)鏡(きょう) (gankyō)
→ Okinawan: 眼(がん)鏡(ちょー) (ganchō)
→ Korean: 안경(眼鏡) (an'gyeong)

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
眼	鏡
め Grade: 5	かね > がね Grade: 4
kun'yomi	nanori

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眼鏡

Wikipedia ^ja

Probably originally a compound of 目 (me, “eye”) +‎ 金 (kane, “metal”, in reference to the metal used in eyeglass frames). The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The spelling is based on an apparent borrowing from Chinese, see the gankyō reading below.

Appears in texts from the late 1500s.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めがね [méꜜgànè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [me̞ɡa̠ne̞]

Noun

眼(め)鏡(がね) • (megane)

glasses, eyeglasses

Derived terms

お眼(め)鏡(がね) (o-megane, “(honorific) judgement”)
眼(め)鏡(がね)絵(え) (megane e, “painting designed to be viewed through a special type of glasses”)
眼(め)鏡(がね)越(ご)し (meganegoshi, “seeing through glasses”)
眼(メ)鏡(ガネ)猿(ザル) (meganezaru)
眼(め)鏡(がね)違(ちが)い (megane chigai, “misjudgement”)
眼(め)鏡(がね)橋(ばし) (meganebashi)
眼(メ)鏡(ガネ)蛇(ヘビ) (megane hebi)
雪(ゆき)眼(め)鏡(がね) (yuki megane, “snow goggles”)
色(いろ)眼(め)鏡(がね) (iro megane)
蟹(かに)眼(め)鏡(がね) (kani megane, “a kind of binocular for use on a cannon”)
絡(から)繰(く)り眼(め)鏡(がね) (karakuri megane, “peep show”)
黒(くろ)眼(め)鏡(がね) (kuro megane)
水(すい)中(ちゅう)眼(め)鏡(がね) (suichū megane, “hydroscope, water glass, swimming goggles”)
伊(だ)達(て)眼(め)鏡(がね) (date megane)
塵(ちり)除(よ)け眼(め)鏡(がね) (chiriyoke megane, “protection glasses”)
遠(とお)眼(め)鏡(がね) (tōmegane)
錦(にしき)眼(め)鏡(がね) (nishiki megane, “kaleidoscope”)
覗(のぞ)き眼(め)鏡(がね) (nozoki megane, “peep show; water glass”)
箱(はこ)眼(め)鏡(がね) (hako megane, “water glass”)
鼻(はな)眼(め)鏡(がね) (hana megane, “pince-nez”)
百(ひゃく)色(いろ)眼(め)鏡(がね) (hyakuiro megane, “kaleidoscope”)
百(ひゃく)眼(め)鏡(がね) (hyaku megane, “kaleidoscope”)
股(また)眼(め)鏡(がね) (mata megane, “looking through or between one's legs”)
水(みず)眼(め)鏡(がね) (mizu megane, “swimming goggles”)
虫(むし)眼(め)鏡(がね) (mushi megane)
ロイド眼(め)鏡(がね) (roido megane, “thick round celluloid glasses”)

Idioms

眼(め)鏡(がね)が狂(くる)う (megane ga kuruu)
眼(め)鏡(がね)にかなう (megane ni kanau)

Descendants

→ Korean: 메가나 (megana)

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がん Grade: 5	きょう Grade: 4
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/ɡankjau/ → /ɡankjɔː/ → /ɡankjoː/

Probably a borrowing from written Chinese 眼鏡 / 眼镜 (yǎnjìng). Eyeglasses are first mentioned in Chinese in the 1400s as 靉靆 / 叆叇 (aidai?), a transcription of an Arabic term. By the late Ming dynasty, eyeglasses appear in writing as 靉靆即眼鏡 / 叆叇即眼镜 (“aidai, i.e. eye-lenses”), using the compound term 眼鏡 / 眼镜 (yǎnjìng, literally “eye + lens”). Compare modern Min Nan reading gán-kiàⁿ.

This reading appears in texts from the 1920s.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がんきょー [gàńkyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ŋʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

眼(がん)鏡(きょう) • (gankyō) ^{←がんきやう (gankyau)^?}

(military, possibly archaic) glasses, eyeglasses

Usage notes

This reading was mostly used by the military.^[1] The standalone term gankyō may be somewhat archaic now.

Note that there are compounds that end in 眼鏡 (gankyō) that appear to be derived from this term. However, Japanese sources parse these as deriving from other terms ending in 眼 (gan, “eye”) that are then suffixed with 鏡 (kyō, “lens”).

References

[1]
Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
[2]
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
[3]
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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眼鏡 • (an'gyeong) (hangeul 안경)

hanja form^? of 안경 (“glasses, spectacles”)

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眼	鏡
Grade: 5	Grade: 4

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Cognate with mainland Japanese 眼鏡 (gankyō), ultimately deriving from written Chinese 眼鏡 / 眼镜 (yǎnjìng). Eyeglasses are first mentioned in Chinese in the 1400s as 靉靆 / 叆叇 (aidai?), a transcription of an Arabic term. By the late Ming dynasty, eyeglasses appear in writing as 靉靆即眼鏡 / 叆叇即眼镜 (“aidai, i.e. eye-lenses”), using the compound term 眼鏡 / 眼镜 (yǎnjìng, literally “eye + lens”). Compare modern Min Nan reading gán-kiàⁿ.

Pronunciation

(Shuri-Naha) がんちょー [gànchóó] (Heiban - [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡaɲt͡ɕoː]

Noun

眼鏡(がんちょー) (ganchō)

eyeglasses

Derived terms

目(みー)眼(がん)鏡(ちょー) (mīganchō)

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Grade: 5	Grade: 4

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Compound of 眼 (mī, “eye”, also spelled 目 when used in isolation) +‎ 鏡 (kagan, “mirror, lens”).

Pronunciation

(Shuri-Naha) みいかがん [mìíkágán] (Heiban - [0])
IPA^(key): [miːkaɡaɴ]

Noun

眼鏡(みーかがん) (mīkagan)

eyeglasses

Derived terms

遠(とぅー)眼(み)鏡(かがん) (tūmikagan)
虫(むし)眼(み)鏡(かがん) (mushi mikagan)

References

“がんちょー【眼鏡】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
“みーかがん【眼鏡】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

[KDJ-1] [1]
Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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

[NHK-3] [3]
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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