• 281st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 318 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǎn (yan3)eye • small hole • crux (of a matter) • CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] • classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

眼前 
眼泪 (眼淚)
眼睛 
眼神 
眼镜 (眼鏡)

Uncommon

一眼 
不起眼 
干瞪眼 (乾瞪眼)
傻眼 
冷眼 
刺眼 
合眼 
单眼皮 (單眼皮)
字眼 
小心眼 
心眼 
挑花眼 
抢眼 (搶眼)
放眼 
满眼 (滿眼)
熊猫眼 (熊貓眼)
白眼 
眉眼 
眨眼 
眨眼睛 
眼下 
眼光 
眼力 
眼圈 
眼巴巴 
眼影 
眼熟 
眼珠 
眼球 
眼界 
眼皮 
眼看 
眼眶 
眼睁睁 (眼睜睜)
眼睑 (眼瞼)
眼科 
眼帘 (眼簾)
眼红 (眼紅)
眼线 (眼線)
眼罩 
眼花 
眼药水 (眼藥水)
眼袋 
眼见 (眼見)
眼角 
睁眼 (睜眼)
瞎眼 
耀眼 
着眼 (著眼)
亲眼 (親眼)
猫眼 (貓眼)
转眼 (轉眼)
开眼 (開眼)
双眼 (雙眼)
双眼皮 (雙眼皮)
电眼 (電眼)
顺眼 (順眼)
显眼 (顯眼)
龙眼 (龍眼)

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  • 1249th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 94 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jìng (jing4)mirror

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jìng (jing4)The component is pronounced as 'jìng' (jing4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for jìng (jing4)The component is pronounced as 'jīn' (jin1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

眼镜 (眼鏡)
镜子 (鏡子)
镜头 (鏡頭)

Uncommon

出镜 (出鏡)
墨镜 (墨鏡)
太阳镜 (太陽鏡)
后视镜 (後視鏡)
放大镜 (放大鏡)
明镜 (明鏡)
望远镜 (望遠鏡)
胃镜 (胃鏡)
镜像 (鏡像)
镜框 (鏡框)
镜片 (鏡片)
显微镜 (顯微鏡)

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  • 1687th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 67 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shé (she2)snake • serpent • CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

眼镜蛇 (眼鏡蛇)
虎头蛇尾 (虎頭蛇尾)
蛇年 
蛇皮 
蟒蛇 

Uncommon

人蛇 
地头蛇 (地頭蛇)
大蛇丸 
打草惊蛇 (打草驚蛇)
杯弓蛇影 
水蛇腰 
游蛇 
画蛇添足 (畫蛇添足)
白蛇传 (白蛇傳)
虚与委蛇 (虛與委蛇)
蛇形 
蛇胆 (蛇膽)
蛇足 
蛇头 (蛇頭)
蝮蛇 
蝰蛇 
响尾蛇 (響尾蛇)
龙头蛇尾 (龍頭蛇尾)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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