IDENTITY
睛jīngpupil (of the eye)
HSK 1Top 1150
CORE MEANING
pupil (of the eye)
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.pupil; eyeHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 目eye radical (mù)
- strokes
- 13
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰目青
- eye
- gives the sound jīng
USAGE
Common words
眼睛yǎnjingeye
Graded examples
他目不转睛地看着电视。Tā mù bù zhuǎn jīng de kàn zhe diànshì.HSK4
He stares at the TV without blinking.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
The dark pupil (目) in a clear blue (青) white — jīng.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #1150
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
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