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睫

jié

Character

What 睫 means

1. eyelashes

Example sentences

• 小林的眉毛长得浓，眼睛又大，睫毛很长。
  Xiǎolín de méimao zhǎngde nóng, yǎnjing yòu dà, jiémáo hěn cháng.
  Kobayashi's eyebrows are thick, his eyes are big, and his eyelashes are long.

Words starting with 睫

• 睫毛jié máoeyelashes
• 睫毛膏jié máo gāomascara
• 睫状体jié zhuàng tǐciliary body (in the eye, containing the focusing muscles)

Words containing 睫

• 迫在眉睫pò zài méi jiépressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
• 眼睫毛yǎn jié máoeyelashes
• 交睫jiāo jiéto close one's eyes (i.e. sleep)
• 倒睫dào jiétrichiasis (ingrown eyelashes)
• 眉睫méi jiéeyebrows and eyelashes; (fig.) close at hand; urgent; pressing; imperative
• 目不交睫mù bù jiāo jiélit. the eyelashes do not come together (idiom); fig. to not sleep a wink
• 目不见睫mù bù jiàn jiélit. the eye cannot see the eyelashes (idiom); fig. unable to see one's own faults…

Characters built on 疌

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

• 捷jiévictory; triumph; quick
• 婕jiéused in 婕妤

Characters that look like 睫

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

• 睛jīngeye; eyeball
• 赚zhuànto earn; to make a profit
• 睹dǔto observe; to see
• 琥hǔused in 琥珀
• 暧ài(of daylight) dim; obscure; clandestine
• 腱jiàntendon; sinew

Sounds the same

Read jié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 结knot; sturdy; bond
• 节joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 捷victory; triumph; quick
• 杰(bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person
• 洁clean
• 截to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept
• 劫to rob; to plunder; to seize by force
• 竭to exhaust
• 桔used in 桔梗; used in 桔槔
• 婕used in 婕妤
• 羯ram, esp. gelded; to castrate; deer's skin
• 桀(emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel