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眨

zhǎ

to blink; to wink

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
9
Radical
目 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
眨
Common rank
#3,673
Unicode
U+7728

Formation & memory

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How 眨 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Two eyes, one open 目 and one shut 乏

Components 目 乏

How to remember it

blink · Heisig RSH #990

目 eye + 乏 weary

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 眨

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
杀人不眨眼 shā rén bù zhǎ yǎn to murder without blinking an eye (idiom); ruthless; cold-blooded
一眨眼 yī zhǎ yǎn in a wink
眼眨毛 yǎn zhǎ máo (dialect) eyelashes
眨眼 zhǎ yǎn to blink; to wink; in the twinkling of an eye
眨巴 zhǎ ba to blink; to wink
眨眼睛 zhǎ yǎn jīng wink