睛 (jīng)
Eye; eyeball (usually used in compounds like 眼睛).
How 睛 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- Traditional
- 睛
- Simplified
- 睛 (unchanged)
Components
Common words using 睛
- 眼睛 yǎnjing
- eye; CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]
- 吸睛 xījīng
- eye-catching
- 定睛 dìngjīng
- to stare at
- 火眼金睛 huǒyǎnjīnjīng
- lit. fiery eyes and golden pupils; discerning eyes (idiom)
- 畫龍點睛 huàlóngdiǎnjīng
- to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life; a few words to clinch the point
- 目不轉睛 mùbùzhuǎnjīng
- unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily; to stare
- 眨眼睛 zhǎyǎnjīng
- wink
- 點睛 diǎnjīng
- to dot in the eyes; fig. to add finishing touch; abbr. for idiom 畫龍點睛|画龙点睛, to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes
- 點睛之筆 diǎnjīngzhībǐ
- the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life; a few words to clinch the point
睛 in a sentence
她有一雙圓圓的大眼睛。
Tā yǒu yì shuāng yuányuán de dà yǎnjīng.
“She has a pair of big, round eyes.”
How common is 睛?
睛 is the 932nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 88% of all running text.
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