zhǔ
verb #57,456

Meanings

  1. 1 to gaze at
  2. 2 to focus one's eyes on

Examples

Zhè chǎng bǐsài jǔshìzhǔmù.
This match has drawn worldwide attention.
Wǒmen zuò guīhuà yào gāozhānyuǎnzhǔ.
We should take a long-term view in our planning.

Tips

usage
is formal and appears in set phrases: 瞩目 (to fix one's eyes on, to attract attention) and 高瞻远瞩 (to look far ahead, to have foresight).

Components

radical
eye
The eye radical on the left marks this as a verb of looking and watching.
phonetic
shǔ
to belong to; category
On the right supplies the sound, shifted from shǔ to zhǔ. It serves purely as the phonetic element.

Stroke Order

zhǔ