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眼
yǎn
1.
eye
2.
small hole
3.
crux (of a matter)
4.
CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]], [[雙|双<shuāng>]]
5.
classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
Very Common • Top 1%
✏️ 11 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
眉眼
méiyǎn
brows and eyes
眼影
yǎnyǐng
eye shadow (cosmetics)
榫眼
sǔnyǎn
mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)
白眼
báiyǎn
supercilious look
眼力
yǎnlì
eyesight
眼底
yǎndǐ
fundus of the eye (containing the choroid, retina, optic nerve etc)
杏眼
xìngyǎn
almond eyes
榜眼
bǎngyǎn
candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination
沙眼
shāyǎn
trachoma
照眼
zhàoyǎn
glare
眼下
yǎnxià
now
眼前
yǎnqián
before one's eyes
眼尾
yǎnwěi
outer corner of the eye
眼岔
yǎnchà
to mistake for sth else
字眼
zìyǎn
wording
斩眼
zhǎnyǎn
to blink (literary)
板眼
bǎnyǎn
measure in traditional Chinese music
桑眼
sǎngyǎn
throat
枪眼
qiāngyǎn
loophole (for firing)
正眼
zhèngyǎn
facing directly (with one's eyes)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 280
- Word Frequency Rank
- 814 of 84,292