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眶

kuàng

HSK 6 Character

What 眶 means

1. bound formeye socket
2. Taiwan pr. kuāng

Example sentences

• 她热泪盈眶。
  Tā rèlèiyíngkuàng.
  Tears filled her eyes.
• 他热泪盈眶。
  His eyes were brimming over with tears.
• 我感觉泪珠盈眶。
  I felt tears come into my eyes.

Words containing 眶

• 热泪盈眶rè lèi yíng kuàngeyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom); extremely moved
• 眼眶yǎn kuàngeye socket; rim of the eye
• 白眶鸦雀bái kuàng yā què(bird species of China) spectacled parrotbill (Suthora conspicillata)
• 金眶鸻jīn kuàng héng(bird species of China) little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius)
• 白眶鹟莺bái kuàng wēng yīng(bird species of China) white-spectacled warbler (Phylloscopus intermedius)
• 金眶鹟莺jīn kuàng wēng yīng(bird species of China) green-crowned warbler (Phylloscopus burkii)
• 灰眶雀鹛huī kuàng què méi(bird species of China) David's fulvetta (Alcippe davidi)
• 白眶雀鹛bái kuàng què méi(bird species of China) Nepal fulvetta (Alcippe nipalensis)
• 白眶斑翅鹛bái kuàng bān chì méi(bird species of China) spectacled barwing (Actinodura ramsayi)

Characters built on 匡

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

• 框kuàngframe (e.g. door frame); casing; fig. framework
• 筐kuāngbasket
• 诓kuāngto mislead; to swindle
• 哐kuāng(onomatopoeia) crash; bang; clang

Characters that look like 眶

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

• 距jùto be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 颁bānto promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 赎shúto redeem; to ransom
• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 鹅égoose
• 骐qí(literary) black horse

Sounds the same

Read kuàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 况moreover; situation
• 矿mineral deposit; ore deposit; ore; a mine
• 框frame (e.g. door frame); casing; fig. framework
• 旷to neglect; to skip (class or work); to waste (time)
• 贶to bestow; to confer
• 圹tomb
• 絖fine floss-silk or cotton
• 纩fine floss-silk or cotton
• 卝classical variant of 矿
• 邝surname Kuang
• 丱old variant of 矿
• 爌old variant of 旷; bright and spacious