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炯

jiǒng
adjective #45,943

Meanings

  1. 1 bright
  2. 2 shining (especially of the eyes)

Examples

HSK 6
老人的双眼依然炯炯有神。
Lǎorén de shuāngyǎn yīrán jiǒngjiǒngyǒushén.
The old man's eyes were still bright and piercing.
HSK 7-9
他目光炯炯地盯着我。
Tā mùguāng jiǒngjiǒng de dīng zhe wǒ.
He stared at me with bright, focused eyes.

Tips

usage
炯 almost always appears reduplicated as 炯炯, especially in 炯炯有神 (bright and full of spirit), describing alert, shining eyes.

Components

radical
火 huǒ
fire
The fire radical 火 on the left gives the sense of light and brightness, like the glow of a flame.
phonetic
冋 jiōng
distant borderland (archaic)
On the right this element supplies the sound, close to jiǒng with only a tone shift. It carries no meaning in this character.

Stroke Order

炯 jiǒng