Chinese symbol for “glaring”
刺目
cì mù
gaudy; glaring; unpleasant to the eyes
The closest CC-CEDICT match for glaring is 刺目 (cì mù), defined as: gaudy; glaring; unpleasant to the eyes.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “glaring”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 刺目.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刺激 | cì jī | to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant |
| 讽刺 (諷刺) | fěng cì | to satirize; to mock |
| 刺杀 (刺殺) | cì shā | to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet |
| 刺客 | cì kè | assassin |
| 遇刺 | yù cì | to be attacked by an assassin |
| 刺史 | cì shǐ | provincial governor (old) |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 项目 (項目) | xiàng mù | item; project; (sports) event |
See also: Japanese symbol for “glaring”.
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.