眦
(anatomy) corner of the eye; canthus
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,240 U+7726
How 眦 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
目 (semantic, “eye”) + 此 (phonetic, cǐ)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 此
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 此 (cǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 此 sound component | cǐ | this, these; in this case, then |
| 紫 | zǐ | purple, violet; amethyst; surname |
| 柴 | chái | firewood, faggots, fuel; surname |
| 雌 | cí | female; feminine; gentle, soft |
| 些 | xiē | little, few; rather, somewhat |
| 赀 | zī | wealth, property; to estimate, to count |
| 呲 | cī | to grimace; to bare one's teeth |
| 疵 | cī | flaw, fault, defect; disease |
| 觜 | zī | beak |
| 訾 | zī | to criticize, to bad-mouth; defect; betrayal |
| 龇 | zī | to bare one's teeth; crooked teeth |
| 茈 | zǐ | a plant yielding a red dye |
| 髭 | zī | mustache |
Words containing 眦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发指眦裂 | fà zhǐ zì liè | hair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom); enraged; in a towering rage |
| 以眦睚杀人 | yǐ zì yá shā rén | to kill sb for a trifle |
| 外眦 | wài zì | (anatomy) lateral canthus; outer corner of the eye |
| 内眦 | nèi zì | (anatomy) medial canthus; inner corner of the eye |
| 目眦 | mù zì | eye socket |
| 睚眦必报 | yá zì bì bào | lit. to seek revenge over a dirty look (idiom); fig. small-minded; vindictive |
| 眦睚 | zì yá | see 睚眥|睚眦[ya2 zi4] |
| 睚眦 | yá zì | (literary) to glare in anger; (literary) (fig.) a small grievance |