Where 睛 comes from
eye
- Meaning part
- 目 (“eye”)
- Sound part
- 青 (“youth”)
How to write 睛 (jīng, “eye”)
睛 (jīng), an HSK 2 character, means “eye”. It pairs a meaning part, 目 (“eye”), with a sound part, 青 (“youth”). Among the HSK words it appears in 眼睛 (“eye”), 目不转睛 (“unable to take one's eyes off”) and 画龙点睛 (“to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes”). Japanese reads it sei, “pupil of the eye”.
- Pinyin
- jīng
- Strokes
- 13
- HSK
- 2
- Radical
- 目 (“eye”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
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- 8
- 9
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- 13
As a left-right character it splits into 目 (“eye”, the radical), strokes 1–5; 青 (“youth”), strokes 6–13, written the left part first.
- top leftdownwards
- top leftrightwards → downwards
- Dotlefta dot
- leftup and right → rightwards
- bottom leftrightwards
- toprightwards
- toprightwards
- topdownwards
- centerrightwards
- centerdownwards
- centerrightwards → downwards
- centerrightwards
- bottomrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (13 strokes in Japanese, 13 strokes in Chinese).
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| jīng first tone | eye; eyeball | — | 目不转睛 画龙点睛 点睛 定睛 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 2
- 2021 standard
- level 2
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 2 word
- Words with it
- 15 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 睛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼睛 | yǎnjing | eye HSK 2 |
| 目不转睛 目不轉睛 | mùbùzhuǎnjīng | unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily HSK 7-9 |
| 画龙点睛 畫龍點睛 | huàlóng-diǎnjīng | to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital… HSK 7-9 |
| 点睛 點睛 | diǎnjīng | to add the finishing touch (abbr. for 画龙点睛 (huàlóngdiǎnjīng)) |
| 没长眼睛 沒長眼睛 | méizhǎngyǎnjing | are you blind or something?; look where you're going |
| 定睛 | dìngjīng | to stare at |
| 吸睛 | xījīng | eye-catching |
| 鼓眼睛 | gǔyǎnjīng | protruding eyes |
| 擦亮眼睛 | cāliàngyǎnjīng | to keep one's eyes open (idiom); to be on one's guard |
| 火眼金睛 | huǒyǎnjīnjīng | piercing eyes; discerning eyes |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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