眼
eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #88 U+773C
How 眼 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
目 (semantic, “eye”) + 艮 (phonetic, gèn)
How to remember it
eyelet · Heisig RSH #1150
目 eye + silver
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 艮
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 艮 (gèn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艮 sound component | gèn | blunt; tough, chewy |
| 根 | gēn | root, basis, foundation |
| 银 | yín | silver; cash, money, wealth |
| 退 | tuì | to retreat, to step back, to withdraw |
| 限 | xiàn | boundary, limit, line |
| 恨 | hèn | to dislike, to hate, to resent |
| 跟 | gēn | heel; to accompany, to follow; with |
| 痕 | hén | scar, mark; vestige, trace |
| 龈 | yín | gums |
| 狠 | hěn | vicious, fierce, cruel |
| 垦 | kěn | to cultivate, to farm; to reclaim |
| 恳 | kěn | sincere, earnest, cordial |
| 垠 | yín | boundary, river bank |
| 哏 | gén | the clamor of an argument; funny; odd |
| 很 | hěn | very, quite, much |
| 茛 | gèn | ranunculus |
| 裉 | kèn | a garment seam |
Words containing 眼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心眼大 | xīn yǎn dà | magnanimous; considerate; thoughtful; able to think of everything that needs to be thought… |
| 小心眼儿 | xiǎo xīn yǎn r | small-minded; petty; narrow-minded |
| 大小眼 | dà xiǎo yǎn | one eye bigger than the other |
| 心眼儿 | xīn yǎn r | one's thoughts; mind; intention; willingness to accept new ideas; baseless suspicions |
| 小心眼 | xiǎo xīn yǎn | narrow-minded; petty |
| 心眼小 | xīn yǎn xiǎo | see 小心眼[xiao3 xin1 yan3] |
| 有心眼 | yǒu xīn yǎn | to have good sense; to be quick-witted; to be shrewd |
| 电子眼 | diàn zǐ yǎn | electronic eye; bionic eye; surveillance camera; (esp.) traffic enforcement camera |
| 一眼 | yī yǎn | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse |
| 眼中 | yǎn zhōng | in (sb's) eyes |
| 心眼 | xīn yǎn | heart; intention; conscience; consideration; cleverness; tolerance |
| 眼生 | yǎn shēng | unfamiliar; strange-looking |
| 天眼 | Tiān yǎn | nickname of the FAST radio telescope (in Guizhou) |
| 马眼 | mǎ yǎn | male's pee hole |
| 白眼 | bái yǎn | to give sb a dirty look; to cast a supercilious glance; a disdainful look |
| 眼白 | yǎn bái | white of the eye |
| 眼动 | yǎn dòng | eye movement |
| 心眼多 | xīn yǎn duō | to have unfounded doubts; overconcerned |
| 手眼通天 | shǒu yǎn tōng tiān | (idiom) to be highly influential and well-connected; to have the ability to get things don… |
| 眼花 | yǎn huā | dimmed eyesight; blurred; vague and unclear vision |