眸 (mau4 | mou2) : pupil of the eye

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眸

mau4

mou2

pupil of the eye

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 目 (#109)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

眸

This word has been viewed 3070 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 21st Apr 2010 21:22 and last edited on 26th Sep 2011 06:44

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眼眸 ngaan5 mau4 = pupil (of the eye)

明眸皓齒 ming4 mau4 hou6 ci2 ming2 mou2 hao4 chi3 = (of a lovely woman) have glowing eyes and white teeth

回眸 wui4 mau4 hui2 mou2 = look back; glance back

回眸一笑 wui4 mau4 jat1 siu3 hui2 mou2 yi1 xiao4 = to glance back and smile

凝眸 jing4 mau4 ning2 mou2 = look steadily at; have one's eye's fixed on

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Decimal representation of this word: 眸
Unicode code for this character: U+7738 (off-site link)

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