Chinese symbol for “eyeball”
眼球
yǎn qiú
eyeball; (fig.) attention
The closest CC-CEDICT match for eyeball is 眼球 (yǎn qiú), defined as: eyeball; (fig.) attention.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “eyeball”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼珠子 | yǎn zhū zi | eyeball; fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person) |
| 睛 | jīng | eye; eyeball |
| 眼珠 | yǎn zhū | one's eyes; eyeball |
| 目珠 | mù zhū | eyeball |
| 眼珠儿 (眼珠兒) | yǎn zhū r | eyeball; fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 眼球.
| 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 |
| 全球 | quán qiú | the whole world; worldwide; global |
| 足球 | zú qiú | soccer; football; a soccer ball; a football |
See also: Japanese symbol for “eyeball”.
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.