眺 (tiào) · to gaze into the distance, to look out from a height

Meanings

1 to gaze into the distance
2 to look out from a height

Characters

眺

tiào

to gaze into the distance

Examples

HSK 6

从顶楼可以眺望整座城市。

Cóng dǐnglóu kěyǐ tiàowàng zhěng zuò chéngshì.

From the top floor you can look out over the whole city.

HSK 7-9

他站在山顶，极目远眺。

Tā zhàn zài shāndǐng, jímù yuǎntiào.

He stood on the mountaintop, gazing into the distance.

Tips

usage

眺 means to look far off, usually from a high place: 眺望 (to look out over) and 远眺 (to gaze into the far distance).

Components

radical

目 mù

eye

The eye radical, an upright picture of an eye. 眺 is all about the act of looking, so the eye radical states the meaning directly, as it does in 看 and 瞧.

phonetic

兆 zhào

omen; sign

Supplies the sound; zhào shifted to tiào. The omen meaning does not enter the word, only the reading, the same role 兆 plays in 跳 and 桃.

Stroke Order

眺 tiào

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to avoid / to steer clear of / to get out of the way

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to move into

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to bail out / to post bail for

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to move away / to move out