睛
eye; eyeball
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How 睛 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
目 (semantic, “eye”) + 青 (phonetic, qīng)
How to remember it
eyeball · Heisig RSH #1212
目 eye + telescope
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 青
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 青 (qīng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青 sound component | qīng | nature's color; blue, green, black; young |
| 情 | qíng | emotion, feeling, sentiment |
| 清 | qīng | clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful |
| 精 | jīng | essence, germ, spirit |
| 请 | qǐng | to ask, to request; to invite; please |
| 氰 | qíng | cyanogen; ethane dinitrile |
| 猜 | cāi | to guess, to conjecture, to suppose; to feel |
| 晴 | qíng | clear weather, fine weather |
| 蜻 | qīng | dragonfly |
| 靓 | liàng | ornament; pretty; to apply make-up |
| 菁 | jīng | turnip; a flower of the leek family |
| 腈 | jīng | acrylic |
| 箐 | qìng | to draw a bamboo bow |
| 鲭 | qīng | mackerel |
| 鼱 | jīng | shrew |
| 圊 | qīng | restroom |
Words containing 睛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不长眼睛 | bù zhǎng yǎn jing | see 沒長眼睛|没长眼睛[mei2 zhang3 yan3 jing5] |
| 火眼金睛 | huǒ yǎn jīn jīng | piercing eyes; discerning eyes |
| 眼不转睛 | yǎn bù zhuàn jīng | with fixed attention (idiom) |
| 目不转睛 | mù bù zhuǎn jīng | unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily; to stare |
| 点睛之笔 | diǎn jīng zhī bǐ | the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the… |
| 没长眼睛 | méi zhǎng yǎn jing | (coll.) are you blind or something?; look where you're going |
| 画龙点睛 | huà lóng diǎn jīng | to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the … |
| 闭塞眼睛捉麻雀 | bì sè yǎn jīng zhuō má què | lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom); fig. to act blindly |
| 鼓眼睛 | gǔ yǎn jīng | protruding eyes |
| 赤睛鱼 | chì jīng yú | rudd |
| 睁着眼睛说瞎话 | zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà | (idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel |
| 擦亮眼睛 | cā liàng yǎn jīng | to keep one's eyes open (idiom); to be on one's guard; to be clear-eyed |
| 眼睛 | yǎn jing | eye; CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] |
| 点睛 | diǎn jīng | to add the finishing touch (abbr. for 畫龍點睛|画龙点睛[hua4 long2 dian3 jing1]) |
| 定睛 | dìng jīng | to stare at |
| 辣眼睛 | là yǎn jing | (neologism c. 2016) (slang) unpleasant to look at; hard on the eyes |
| 眼睛吃冰淇淋 | yǎn jing chī bīng qí lín | (slang) (Tw) to be checking out the hotties |
| 吸睛 | xī jīng | eye-catching |
| 眨眼睛 | zhǎ yǎn jīng | wink |
| 眳睛 | míng jīng | unhappy; dissatisfied |