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睐

lài

Character Traditional 睞

What 睐 means

1. to glance
2. to look askance at

Words containing 睐

• 青睐qīng lài(literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in…
• 盼睐pàn làiyour favors; your consideration
• 眄睐miàn làito cast loving glances

Characters built on 来

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

• 莱láiname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
• 徕láiused in 招徕
• 铼láirhenium (chemistry)
• 涞láibrook; ripple
• 赉làito bestow; to confer
• 崃láiname of a mountain in Sichuan

Characters that look like 睐

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

• 睫jiéeyelashes
• 眯míto blind (as with dust); Taiwan pr. mǐ
• 暇xiáleisure
• 跺duòto stamp one's feet
• 睬cǎito pay attention; to take notice of; to care for
• 腋yè(bound form) armpit; axilla; axil

Sounds the same

Read lài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 赖to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad
• 濑name of a river; rushing of water
• 癞scabies; skin disease
• 籁a sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds
• 赉to bestow; to confer
• 藾(fragrant labiate plant)