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Chinese symbol for “eyelid”

眼皮
yǎn pí
eyelid

The closest CC-CEDICT match for eyelid is 眼皮 (yǎn pí), defined as: eyelid.

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Characters and stroke order

眼 yǎn
eyelet, hole, opening
radical 109 ⽬ · 11 strokes
皮 pí
skin, hide, fur, feathers
radical 107 ⽪ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “eyelid”

WordPinyinMeaning
眼睑 (眼瞼)yǎn jiǎneyelid
睑 (瞼)jiǎneyelid
眼皮子yǎn pí zieyelid

Related words

Other words that share a character with 眼皮.

WordPinyinMeaning
眼睛yǎn jingeye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng)
眼前yǎn qiánbefore one's eyes; now
眼泪 (眼淚)yǎn lèitear; teardrop; measure word: 滴 (dī)
眼中yǎn zhōngin (sb's) eyes
眼镜 (眼鏡)yǎn jìngspectacles; eyeglasses
眼光yǎn guānggaze; insight
皮肤 (皮膚)pí fūskin; 层 (céng),块 (kuài)
皮革pí géleather; 张 (zhāng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “eyelid”.

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.