眷

(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and affection; to feel concern for

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,417 U+7737

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

目 (semantic, “eye”) + 龹 (phonetic)

components: 龹目

dependents · Heisig RSH #984

quarter + eyeball

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 龹

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 龹 (—) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
龹 sound component	—	Form of 卷 used as a phonetic component
拳	quán	fist; various forms of boxing
券	quàn	bond, certificate, deed; ticket; contract
豢	huàn	domestic animal; to feed, to raise
誊	téng	to copy, to transcribe
弮	quān	a repeating crossbow
飬	yǎng	to offer a sacrifice
鲞	xiǎng	dried fish
劵	juàn	certificate, ticket; title deed

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
有情人终成眷属	yǒu qíng rén zhōng chéng juàn shǔ	love will find a way (idiom)
终成眷属	zhōng chéng juàn shǔ	see 有情人終成眷屬\|有情人终成眷属[you3 qing2 ren2 zhong1 cheng2 juan4 shu3]
眷区	juàn qū	married quarters; residential quarters for men with families
家眷	jiā juàn	one's wife and children
眷眷之心	juàn juàn zhī xīn	nostalgia; home-sickness; longing for departed beloved
携家带眷	xié jiā dài juàn	to take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family; tied down by family obliga…
内眷	nèi juàn	the females in a family; womenfolk
女眷	nǚ juàn	the females in a family; womenfolk
眷爱	juàn ài	to love; sentimentally attached to
亲眷	qīn juàn	relatives
眷属	juàn shǔ	family member; husband and wife
眷念	juàn niàn	to think fondly of
眷注	juàn zhù	to think fondly of sb
眷怀	juàn huái	to yearn for; to miss
眷恋	juàn liàn	to miss; to long for; to remember with longing; yearning
眷顾	juàn gù	to care for; to show concern for; to think longingly (of one's country)
眷村	juàn cūn	military dependents' village (community established in Taiwan for Nationalist soldiers and…
携眷	xié juàn	accompanied by one's dependents; encumbered by wife and children
侨眷	qiáo juàn	family members of nationals residing abroad