睘 (qióng) · to look around in alarm; lonely (archaic)

Meanings

1 to look around in alarm; lonely (archaic)

Characters

睘

qióng

to look around in alarm; lonely (archaic)

Examples

HSK 7-9

她手指上戴着一个玉环。

Tā shǒuzhǐ shàng dài zhe yí gè yùhuán.

She is wearing a jade ring on her finger.

Tips

history

睘 ('to glance around startled / lonely') is archaic and not used independently in modern Chinese. It survives as the phonetic in 环 (ring / loop), 还 (to return), 寰 (the wide world), and 鬟 (a coil of hair).

Components

semantic

罒 wǎng

eye turned sideways

The top is a sideways 'eye' element; in 睘 it shows the wide, darting eye of an alarmed glance.

phonetic

袁 yuán

encircling robe element

The lower 'long robe' element supplies the sound and the 'encircling' flavor that 睘 passes to its ring-related family.

Filed under radical 目 (mù, #109) by convention. 目 is not a separate component in 睘, so no strokes are highlighted.

Stroke Order

睘 qióng

Related Words

顾 gù HSK 6 #5,745

to look after; to care for / to attend to; to take into account / to look around; to turn around

逛逛 guàngguang #7,842

to stroll around; to take a walk / to browse; to have a look around

乘 shèng #2,691

(archaic) four-horse military chariot / (archaic) classifier for war-chariots; four / historical record; chronicle

鬼混 guǐhùn #6,177

to fool around / to mess around / to lead a dissolute life

看看 kànkàn #177

to take a look / to have a look

簇拥 cùyōng HSK 7-9 #39,104

to crowd around / to cluster around / to swarm around

胡闹 húnào HSK 7-9 #7,106

to fool around / to mess around / to act recklessly

东张西望 dōngzhāng-xīwàng HSK 7-9 #31,176

to look around; to glance about / to look in all directions (often furtively)

恐慌 kǒnghuāng HSK 7-9 #4,997

panic / scare / alarm

看待 kàndài HSK 6 #5,041

to look upon; to regard; to view