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Chinese symbol for “glare”

嗔目
chēn mù
glare; angry look; to open one's eyes wide; to stare angrily

The closest CC-CEDICT match for glare is 嗔目 (chēn mù), defined as: glare; angry look; to open one's eyes wide; to stare angrily; to glare; to glower.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

嗔 chēn
to be angry at, to rebuke, to scold
radical 30 ⼝ · 13 strokes
目 mù
eye; to look, to see; division, topic
radical 109 ⽬ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “glare”

WordPinyinMeaning
照眼zhào yǎnglare; dazzling
瞪眼dèng yǎnto open one's eyes wide; to stare
怒色nù sèangry look; glare
横眉竖眼 (橫眉豎眼)héng méi shù yǎnto scowl fiercely; to glare
瞋chēn(literary) to stare angrily; to glare

Related words

Other words that share a character with 嗔目.

WordPinyinMeaning
娇嗔 (嬌嗔)jiāo chēn(of a girl) to feign anger coquettishly
嗔怪chēn guàito blame; to rebuke
嗔怒chēn nùto get angry
嗔喝chēn hèto yell at sb in rage
嗔怨chēn yuànto complain; to reproach
嗔斥chēn chìto rebuke; to scold
目前mù qiánat the present time; currently
项目 (項目)xiàng mùitem; project; (sports) event

See also: Japanese symbol for “glare”.

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.