眼 — Chinese character
眼
yǎn
eyelet, hole, opening
- Pinyin
- yǎn
- Radical
- 109 ⽬ (Eye)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 目 艮
- Formation
- pictophonetic — eye; meaning component 目; sound component 艮
- Japanese
- 眼 as a kanji
Common words with 眼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼睛 | yǎn jing | eye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng) |
| 眼前 | yǎn qián | before one's eyes; now |
| 眼泪 (眼淚) | yǎn lèi | tear; teardrop; measure word: 滴 (dī) |
| 眼中 | yǎn zhōng | in (sb's) eyes |
| 眼镜 (眼鏡) | yǎn jìng | spectacles; eyeglasses |
| 眼光 | yǎn guāng | gaze; insight |
| 一眼 | yī yǎn | a glance; a quick look |
| 眼神 | yǎn shén | expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance |
| 双眼 (雙眼) | shuāng yǎn | the two eyes |
| 眼看 | yǎn kàn | soon; in a moment |
| 亲眼 (親眼) | qīn yǎn | with one's own eyes; personally |
| 眼见 (眼見) | yǎn jiàn | to see with one's own eyes; very soon |
English words written with 眼
眼 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 3
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.