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睽

kuí
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to stare; to gaze (with wide eyes)
  2. 2 to be separated; to part ways

Examples

他在众目睽睽之下做了报告。
Tā zài zhòngmùkuíkuí zhīxià zuò le bàogào.
He delivered the report with everyone's eyes on him.
人群睽睽地盯着舞台。
Rénqún kuíkuí de dīng zhe wǔtái.
The crowd watched, all eyes fixed on the stage.

Tips

usage
Mostly seen doubled in 众目睽睽 (zhòngmùkuíkuí), meaning in full view of everyone, with all eyes watching. The older sense of being parted or estranged survives mainly in classical texts.

Components

radical
目 mù
eye
The eye radical 目 on the left makes the meaning concrete: this is all about eyes staring or watching.
phonetic
癸 guǐ
tenth Heavenly Stem (phonetic)
癸 (guǐ, the tenth Heavenly Stem) serves only as the sound element, with the reading shifted to kuí. The same phonetic appears in 葵 (sunflower).

Stroke Order

睽 kuí