Chinese Character 盯 Meanings and components.

Form

盯

Meaning

盯 meaning[3] in English

To Watch Attentively.

To Fix One's Attention On.

To Stare At.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 盯 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are eye (目) , and surname Ding (丁)

Its radical[1] is: 目 (mu4) which means: Eye, Item, Section, List, Catalogue, Table Of Contents, Order (Taxonomy), Goal, Name, Title, .目mu4eye

In cangjie it is written with BUMN

How to write 盯

To write盯ding1to watch … you should write a combination of 目mu4eye , 丁ding1surname Ding arranged in a 吅 shape:

目 + 丁 = 盯

盯 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 盯 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 盯, looks as follow:

盯
Pinyin:ding1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Watch Attentively . To Fix One'S Attention On . To Stare At . To Gaze At
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
丁
Pinyin:ding1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ding
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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