眺 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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tiào

look at

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 兆 represents the sound.

Components

目 Meaning component

mù

eye

兆 Sound component

zhào

omen

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

tiào

look at, gaze at, scan, survey; to gaze into the distance

Most common words with 眺

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	眺望	to survey the scene from an elevated position
	远眺	to gaze into the distance
	眺	to gaze into the distance
	凭眺	to lean on sth and gaze into the distance
	临眺	to observe from afar

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*l̥ˤew-s	thewH	tiào	look from a distance

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3351st most common character in books

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