眦 meaning and stroke order
Eye socket; the corner of the eye
How to write 眦, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 眦
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (anatomy) corner of the eye; canthus
- variant of 眥|眦[zi4]
How 眦 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Eye.
目 gives the meaning and 此 hints at the sound.
Radical: 目 (eye), shared by 100 characters on this site.
How to remember 眦
眦 combines 目 (mù, eye) on the left with 此 (cǐ) on the right, which gives the sound. Think of 此 meaning "this spot": this spot of the eye is its corner.
眦 is a literary or anatomical word for the corner of the eye, and it rarely appears alone in everyday speech. You mostly meet it in set phrases like 睚眦必报 (yá zì bì bào), "to repay even the smallest grudge," and 目眦尽裂 (mù zì jìn liè), "eyes glaring with rage." Example: 他是个睚眦必报的人。(Tā shì gè yá zì bì bào de rén.) He is someone who never forgives even a tiny slight.
Common mistake: Learners often read 眦 as cǐ because of its phonetic part 此, but the correct reading is zì with a fourth tone. Also do not confuse it with 眯 (mī, to squint), which has 米 on the right.
Questions about 眦
How many strokes are in 眦?
眦 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 眦 mean?
眦 (zì) means eye socket; the corner of the eye.
How do you pronounce 眦?
眦 is pronounced zì, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 眦?
The radical of 眦 is 目, which carries the idea of "eye". Dictionaries list 眦 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 眦?
The traditional form of 眦 is 眥. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 眦 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
What does 睚眦 mean?
睚眦 (yá zì) literally means the corners of the eyes, and by extension an angry glare. It came to mean a very small grievance, as in 睚眦必报.
Is 眦 the same as 眥?
Yes. They are two forms of the same character with the same meaning and the same pronunciation, zì. In mainland simplified texts 眦 is the standard form.