Chinese symbol for “staring”
直勾勾
zhí gōu gōu
(of one's gaze) fixed; staring
The closest CC-CEDICT match for staring is 直勾勾 (zhí gōu gōu), defined as: (of one's gaze) fixed; staring.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 直勾勾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 直接 | zhí jiē | directly; direct |
| 直到 | zhí dào | until |
| 直播 | zhí bō | (TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast |
| 简直 (簡直) | jiǎn zhí | simply; really |
| 直升机 (直升機) | zhí shēng jī | helicopter; measure word: 架 (jià) |
| 勾结 (勾結) | gōu jié | to collude with; to collaborate with |
| 勾引 | gōu yǐn | to seduce; to tempt |
| 勾当 (勾當) | gòu dàng | shady business |
See also: Japanese symbol for “staring”.
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.