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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)

眼
yǎn
eyelet, hole, opening
HSK 2 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

一眼
yīyǎn
a glance
假眼
jiǎyǎn
artificial eye
做眼
zuòyǎn
to work as spy
偷眼
tōuyǎn
to take a furtive look at
傻眼
shǎyǎn
stunned
冷眼
lěngyǎn
cool eye
刺眼
cìyǎn
to dazzle
卯眼
mǎoyǎn
mortise
合眼
héyǎn
to close one's eyes
单眼
dānyǎn
ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye)
媚眼
mèiyǎn
charming eyes
孔眼
kǒngyǎn
hole (e.g. of sieve or colander)
字眼
zìyǎn
wording
害眼
hàiyǎn
to have eye trouble
对眼
duìyǎn
to squint
屁眼
pìyǎn
anus
心眼
xīnyǎn
heart
急眼
jíyǎn
to be anxious
慧眼
huìyǎn
an all-seeing mind
懂眼
dǒngyǎn
(coll.) to know the ropes

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
280
Word Frequency Rank
814 of 84,292

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