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眭

suī

Character

What 眭 means

1. to have a deep or piercing gaze

Other readings

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

• Suīsurname Sui

Characters built on 圭

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

• 硅guīsilicon (chemistry)
• 奎kuícrotch; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 闺guīsmall arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 鲑guītrout; salmon
• 恚huìrage
• 跬kuǐbrief; short step
• 筀guìbamboo (archaic)

Characters that look like 眭

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

• 赔péito compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
• 徙xǐ(literary) to change one's residence
• 蛛zhū(bound form) spider
• 睑jiǎneyelid
• 敝bìmy (polite); poor; ruined
• 蛭zhìfluke; leech; hirudinea

Sounds the same

Read suī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 虽although; even though
• 尿(colloquial) urine
• 睢to stare
• 荽coriander
• 濉name of a river
• 芕a kind of medicinal herb
• 浽see 浽溦
• 夊see 夂