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眼

yǎn

HSK 3.0 · 2

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

yǎn · ngaan5 (Jyutping)

  1. eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])
  2. (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance
  3. small hole
  4. (bound form) salient point
  5. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

眼

Meaning
eye; eyelet, hole, opening
Radical
目
Strokes
11
Components
⿰目艮
Cangjie
BUAV
Four-corner
6703.2

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