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睛

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eye; eyeball

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HSK 3.0
Level 2
Old HSK
Level 2
Strokes
13
Radical
目 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
睛
Common rank
#2,402
Unicode
U+775B

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Formation & memory

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How 睛 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

目 meaning “eye” + 青 sound ( qīng )

Components 目 青

How to remember it

eyeball · Heisig RSH #1212

目 eye + telescope

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 睛

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
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

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 青 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
青 sound part 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