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眈 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「目」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「目」
On
タンたん · tan
Kun
にら.むnira.mu
Meaning
to watch intently

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Eye 目 with 冘 as phonetic: to keep a fixed, watchful eye on.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 虎視眈眈こしたんたん

    watching for one’s chance as a tiger does

  • 眈むにらむ

    to keep an eye on

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

虎視(こし)眈眈(たんたん)と機会(きかい)をうかがう。

They watch for their chance as a tiger does.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

虎視眈眈虎視眈眈眈虎tiger視to loo…盻to gla…眄to loo…眇to squ…眛dim眩dazzli…怛grieve…疸jaundi…袒to bar…站to sta…啖to eat
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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