eye

Origin & mnemonic

The eye radical originates from a pictograph depicting a human eye, with two horizontal strokes representing the eyelids and a vertical stroke in the middle representing the pupil. This form appears early in oracle-bone and seal script.

Mnemonic: The glyph resembles an actual eye with horizontal strokes like eyelids and a vertical stroke like the pupil—a direct visual memory hook.

• 瞌kē🔊

  used in 瞌睡[ke1 shui4]

  15 strokes

• 瞑míng🔊

  to close (the eyes)

  15 strokes

• 瞢méng🔊

  eyesight obscured

  15 strokes

• 瞕zhàng🔊

  cataract in the eye

  16 strokes

• 瞟piǎo🔊

  to cast a glance

  16 strokes

• 瞠chēng🔊

  stare at sth beyond reach

  16 strokes

• 瞥piē🔊

  to shoot a glance

  16 strokes

• 瞰kàn🔊

  variant of 瞰[kan4]

  16 strokes

• 了le🔊

  (completed action marker)

  HSK 1

  17 strokes

• 瞧qiáo🔊

  to look at

  HSK 5

  17 strokes

• 瞪dèng🔊

  to open (one's eyes) wide

  HSK 7

  17 strokes

• 瞬shùn🔊

  to wink

  17 strokes

• 瞳tóng🔊

  pupil of the eye

  17 strokes

• 瞩zhǔ🔊

  to gaze at

  17 strokes

• 瞫Shěn🔊

  surname Shen

  17 strokes

• 瞵lín🔊

  to stare at

  17 strokes

• 蒙méng🔊

  to cover

  HSK 6

  18 strokes

• 瞹ài🔊

  variant of 曖|暧[ai4]

  18 strokes

• 瞻zhān🔊

  to gaze

  18 strokes

• 瞽gǔ🔊

  blind

  18 strokes

• 瞿qú🔊

  startled

  18 strokes

• 矍jué🔊

  to glance fearfully

  20 strokes

• 矔guàn🔊

  brilliant (of eyes)

  22 strokes

• 矗chù🔊

  lofty

  24 strokes