眈 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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dān

gloat

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 冘 represents the sound.

Components

目 Meaning component

mù

eye

冘 Sound component

yín, yóu

to move on

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

dān

gloat, stare at; to delay, to loiter, to hinder; gaze intently

Most common words with 眈

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	虎视眈眈	to eye covetously
	眈	gaze intently

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3979th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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