zhēng

open eyes

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
目 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

eye

争 sound component

  Sound component

zhēng

  

strife, quarrel

Evolution

睁 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
睁 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zhēng

to open the eyes; stare; to open (one's eyes)

Most common words with 睁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to open (one's eyes)

眼睁睁

to stare blankly

睁开

to open (one's eyes)

睁眼

to open one's eyes

睁眼说瞎话

to talk drivel

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 13.0546% of movies

1775th most common character in movies

1963rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Traditional

Unicode

U+7741


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