睫 — Chinese character
睫
jié
eyelashes
- Pinyin
- jié
- Radical
- 109 ⽬ (Eye)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 目 疌
- Formation
- pictophonetic — eye; meaning component 目; sound component 疌
- Japanese
- 睫 as a kanji
Common words with 睫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 睫毛 | jié máo | eyelashes |
| 迫在眉睫 | pò zài méi jié | pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent |
| 睫毛膏 | jié máo gāo | mascara |
| 眼睫毛 | yǎn jié máo | eyelashes |
| 眉睫 | méi jié | eyebrows and eyelashes; (fig.) close at hand; urgent; pressing; imperative |
| 睫状体 (睫狀體) | jié zhuàng tǐ | ciliary body (in the eye, containing the focusing muscles) |
| 倒睫 | dào jié | trichiasis (ingrown eyelashes) |
| 交睫 | jiāo jié | to close one's eyes (i.e. sleep) |
| 目不交睫 | mù bù jiāo jié | lit. the eyelashes do not come together (idiom); fig. to not sleep a wink |
| 目不见睫 (目不見睫) | mù bù jiàn jié | lit. the eye cannot see the eyelashes (idiom); fig. unable to see one's own faults; to lack self-awareness |
English words written with 睫
睫 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.