准星

準星

zhǔnxīng

noun #35,983

Meanings

1 front sight (of a firearm)
2 the zero-point indicator on a steelyard balance
3 (by extension) crosshair / aim point

Characters

accurate / standard

Examples

他眯起眼睛,瞄准准星。

Tā mī qǐ yǎnjing, miáozhǔn zhǔnxīng.

He squinted and lined up the front sight.

玩游戏时把准星对准敌人。

Wán yóuxì shí bǎ zhǔnxīng duìzhǔn dírén.

When playing the game, line up the crosshair on the enemy.

Tips

memory

准 (precise) + 星 (star / point of light) — literally 'precision-star'. The original meaning was the brass dot on a 杆秤 gǎnchèng (Chinese steelyard) marking the balance point. The shooting and gaming senses come from the same idea: a small fixed reference dot.

Stroke Order

准 zhǔn

星 xīng