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眸

móu

Character

What 眸 means

1. pupil (of the eye)
2. eye

Example sentences

• 当我们回眸青春，仿佛有一种说不出的痛。
  When we look back at our youth, there seems to be an indescribable pain.

Words starting with 眸

• 眸子móu zipupil of the eye

Words containing 眸

• 回眸huí móuto glance back; to look back; retrospective
• 眼眸yǎn móueyes
• 双眸shuāng móuone's pair of eyes
• 瞳眸tóng móupupil of the eye; one's eyes
• 明眸皓齿míng móu hào chǐto have bright eyes and white teeth
• 皓齿明眸hào chǐ míng móuwhite teeth and bright eyes (idiom); lovely young woman

Characters built on 牟

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

• 哞mōumoo (sound made by cow)
• 侔móusimilar; comparable; equal
• 蛑móumarine crab

Characters that look like 眸

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

• 游yóuto swim; variant of 游
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 酥sūflaky pastry; crunchy; limp
• 婢bìslave girl; maid servant
• 猝cùabruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
• 赈zhènto provide relief; to aid

Sounds the same

Read móu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 谋to plan; to seek; scheme
• 缪used in 绸缪
• 牟barley; to moo; to seek or obtain
• 鍪(archaic) iron pot; (archaic) battle helmet
• 侔similar; comparable; equal
• 𫓴(archaic) battle helmet (variant of 鍪
• 麰barley
• 蛑marine crab