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眦

zì

Character Traditional 眥

What 眦 means

1. (anatomy) corner of the eye; canthus

Other readings

眦 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zìvariant of {眦|zì}

Words starting with 眦

• 眦睚zì yásee 睚眦

Words containing 眦

• 内眦nèi zì(anatomy) medial canthus; inner corner of the eye
• 外眦wài zì(anatomy) lateral canthus; outer corner of the eye
• 目眦mù zìeye socket
• 发指眦裂fà zhǐ zì lièhair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom); enraged; in a towering rage
• 睚眦yá zì(literary) to glare in anger; (literary) (fig.) a small grievance
• 睚眦必报yá zì bì bàolit. to seek revenge over a dirty look (idiom); fig. small-minded; vindictive
• 以眦睚杀人yǐ zì yá shā rénto kill sb for a trifle

Characters built on 此

These share the phonetic component 此 (cǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 紫zǐpurple; violet
• 雌cífemale; Taiwan pr. cī
• 疵cīblemish; flaw; defect
• 呲cī(colloquial) to scold; to rebuke
• 赀zīto estimate; to fine (archaic); variant of 资
• 龇zīto bare (one's teeth)
• 髭zīmustache
• 訾zīto calculate; to assess; wealth

Characters that look like 眦

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 赋fùpoetic essay; taxation; to bestow on
• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 贼zéithief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked
• 晒shài(of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine)…
• 睐làito glance; to look askance at
• 眺tiàoto gaze into the distance

Sounds the same

Read zì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 字letter; symbol; character
• 自(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 渍to soak; to be stained; stain
• 恣to abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect)
• 胔rotten meat; bones of dead animal
• 剚erect; stab
• 牸female of domestic animals
• 胾cut meat into pieces; diced meat
• 扻to strike; to run against; to throw, as a stone