Chinese symbol for “blink”
眨
zhǎ
to blink; to wink
The closest CC-CEDICT match for blink is 眨 (zhǎ), defined as: to blink; to wink.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “blink”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眨眼 | zhǎ yǎn | to blink; to wink |
| 眨巴 | zhǎ ba | to blink; to wink |
| 斩眼 (斬眼) | zhǎn yǎn | to blink (literary) |
| 霎眼 | shà yǎn | to blink; in an instant |
| 扑闪 (撲閃) | pū shǎn | to wink; to blink |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 眨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眨眼 | zhǎ yǎn | to blink; to wink |
| 一眨眼 | yī zhǎ yǎn | in a wink |
| 眨眼睛 | zhǎ yǎn jīng | wink |
| 眨巴 | zhǎ ba | to blink; to wink |
| 眼眨毛 | yǎn zhǎ máo | (dialect) eyelashes |
See also: Japanese symbol for “blink”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.