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瞪

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to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
17
Radical
目 +12
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
瞪
Common rank
#3,125
Unicode
U+77AA

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 瞪 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

目 meaning “eye” + 登 sound ( dēng )

Components 目 登

How to remember it

glare · Heisig RSH #2693

eyeball + stepladder

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 瞪

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

WordPinyinMeaning
大眼瞪小眼 dà yǎn dèng xiǎo yǎn (idiom) to look at each other, not knowing what to do
吹胡子瞪眼 chuī hú zi dèng yǎn to get angry; to fume
直眉瞪眼 zhí méi dèng yǎn to stare angrily or vacantly
干瞪眼 gān dèng yǎn to watch helplessly
目瞪口呆 mù dèng kǒu dāi (idiom) dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned
瞪眼 dèng yǎn to open one's eyes wide; to stare; to glare (at sb); to scowl
瞪鞋摇滚 dèng xié yáo gǔn shoegaze (music genre)
迷瞪 mí dèng puzzled; bewildered; infatuated
直瞪瞪 zhí dèng dèng to stare blankly
瞪羚 dèng líng gazelle

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
登 sound part dēng to rise, to mount, to board, to climb
橙 chéng orange
澄 chéng clear, limpid, pure
邓 dèng surname
凳 dèng bench; stool
蹬 dēng to step on; to wear; to face bad luck
噔 dēng for (a recipient of pity or sympathy); surname
镫 dèng lamp; a kind of cooking vessel
簦 dēng bamboo or straw hat; street-vendor's umbrella