Wu Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Eye (mù)
睫
Kangxi strokes: 13
Page 811, Entry 12
Pronounced jie
Pronounced jie
Same as the character jie.
Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): Hair at the side of the eye.
Shiming (Explication of Names): To insert and connect. It is inserted into the eye socket and connects.
Book of Rites (Liji): The flesh where the eyelashes meet when the pig eye is turned upward is rank.
Annotation: This refers to the meeting of the eyelashes.
Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi): Just now I observed the expression between your eyebrows and eyes, and through that, I understood you.
Huangji Jingshi (Supreme World Ordering Principle): In the case of walking beasts, the upper eyelid covers the lower eyelid. In the case of flying birds, the lower eyelid covers the upper eyelid. This is what their classifications necessitate.
Also pronounced qie. Meaning is the same.
Also pronounced she. The appearance of eyes moving. Same as the character she.