眼 — eye; a look; a glance
eye; a look; a glance; small hole; salient point
- Pinyin
- yǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 眼: 11 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 眼 in the HSK syllabus: 23
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 眼睛yǎnjingeyeHSK 2
- 眼镜yǎnjìngspectacles; eyeglassesHSK 4
- 眼前yǎnqiánbefore one's eyes; now; at presentHSK 4
- 眼yǎneye; a look; a glance; small hole; salient pointHSK 5
- 眼泪yǎnlèitear; teardropHSK 5
- 眼光yǎnguānggaze; insight; foresight; visionHSK 6
- 眼看yǎnkànsoon; in a moment; to look on as sth happensHSK 6
- 刺眼cìyǎnto dazzle; to offend the eyes; dazzling; harshHSK 7–9
- 眉开眼笑méikāi-yǎnxiàobrows raised in delight, eyes laughing; beaming with joyHSK 7–9
- 抢眼qiǎngyǎneye-catchingHSK 7–9
- 亲眼qīnyǎnwith one's own eyes; personallyHSK 7–9
- 显眼xiǎnyǎnconspicuous; eye-catching; glamorousHSK 7–9
- 心眼儿xīnyǎnrone's thoughts; mind; intentionHSK 7–9
- 眼红yǎnhóngto covet; envious; jealous; green with envyHSK 7–9
- 眼界yǎnjièfield of vision; scope; horizonHSK 7–9
- 眼色yǎnsèsignal made with one's eyes; meaningful glanceHSK 7–9
- 眼神yǎnshénexpression or emotion showing in one's eyesHSK 7–9
- 眼下yǎnxiànow; at present; subocularHSK 7–9
- 耀眼yàoyǎnto dazzle; dazzlingHSK 7–9
- 眨眼zhǎyǎnto blink; to wink; in the twinkling of an eyeHSK 7–9
- 转眼zhuǎnyǎnin a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glanceHSK 7–9
- 着眼zhuóyǎnto have one's eyes on; having sth in mindHSK 7–9
- 字眼zìyǎnwordingHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.