- 目(eye)RADICAL
- 艮(hard; stop)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Two eyes looking straight ahead, stubborn and resolute like the character for "firm."
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眼不见为净
眼不见为净
what remains unseen is deemed to be clean
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
what remains unseen is deemed to be clean
- ，。
Out of sight, out of mind; I don't want to know.
- 貳形adjective
what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
STROKE ORDER
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 目(eye)ASSOCIATIVE
- 儿(person (standing))ASSOCIATIVE
A person stands upright with wide open eyes to see everything around them.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 為(do; act; work)ASSOCIATIVE
An ancient hand-drawn character depicts a hand leading an elephant to work, meaning 'to do' or 'for'.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 冫(water; ice)RADICAL
- 争(contend; pure)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Strong flowing water like contention washes away all dirt and filth.
眼不见为净
Traditional眼不見為淨
what remains unseen is deemed to be clean
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
what remains unseen is deemed to be clean
- ，。
Out of sight, out of mind; I don't want to know.
- 貳形adjective
what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 目(eye)RADICAL
- 艮(hard; stop)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Two eyes looking straight ahead, stubborn and resolute like the character for "firm."
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 目(eye)ASSOCIATIVE
- 儿(person (standing))ASSOCIATIVE
A person stands upright with wide open eyes to see everything around them.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 為(do; act; work)ASSOCIATIVE
An ancient hand-drawn character depicts a hand leading an elephant to work, meaning 'to do' or 'for'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 冫(water; ice)RADICAL
- 争(contend; pure)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Strong flowing water like contention washes away all dirt and filth.
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