Memory phrase for the Kanji: 眈

眈



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Meaning

gaze intently

Pronunciation

 dān

Explanation

 Left: eye 目, right: 冘 (big 大 person with broken arms 冖 and a broken leg 乚)

Mnemonic
 
The eye sees the person with broken arms and leg and: stares at him.

Radicals

目 eyeImage of an eye with a central pupil 口.
冘 broken arms and legsonly one broken leg at 尢
乚 lighting rodThe use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity 电 comes the meaning "lightning rod". Also other explanations are used such as "hook" or "kneeling person".
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 Vocabulary

虎视眈眈 hǔ shì dān dān  to glare like a tiger watching his prey (idiom); to eye covetously
虎视眈眈 hǔ shì dān dān  to glare like a tiger watching his prey (idiom); to eye covetously
虎视眈眈 hǔ shì dān dān  

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