眼

眼 in English

yǎn noun, measure word HSK 5: eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) / (often used with 一[yi1]) a look / a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

Measure word

只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc attested
双 shuāng two; double; pair; both; even (number) attested

Stroke order

Le caractère 眼 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 眼

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

Small seal script

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

什么都逃不过我的法眼。

Nothing escapes my eye.
他们有眼睛，但看不见；有耳朵，但听不见。

They have eyes but they do not see - ears, and they do not hear.
他双眼发光地说著。

He talked with his eyes shining.
他很有审美眼光。

He has an eye for the beautiful.
他总是带着黑色眼镜。

He always wears dark glasses.
他想找一位金发碧眼的欧洲女人。

I want to find a blonde, blue-eyed European woman.
他戴上眼鏡開始閱讀。

He put on his glasses and began to read.
他戴眼镜。

He is wearing glasses.

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