眺 (tiào): to gaze into the distance

Meanings

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

Characters

眺

tiào

to gaze into the distance

Examples

他站在山顶，极目远眺。

Tā zhàn zài shāndǐng, jímù yuǎntiào.

He stood on the mountaintop, gazing into the distance.

从顶楼可以眺望整座城市。

Cóng dǐnglóu kěyǐ tiàowàng zhěngzuò chéngshì.

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

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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