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眼镜 (yǎn jìng): meaning and stroke order

眼镜 (yǎn jìng) means spectacles, eyeglasses, CL:副.

眼镜

Simplified
眼镜
Traditional
眼鏡
Pinyin
yǎn jìng

Stroke order of 眼镜

眼

  • yǎn eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

镜

  • jìng mirror; lens
  • 16 strokes
  • Traditional form: 鏡

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 眼镜

  1. yǎn jìng Traditional 眼鏡
    • spectacles
    • eyeglasses
    • CL:副[fu4]

Radicals of the characters

眼
Radical 目 (Kangxi radical 109) · 11 strokes · 目 on the left, 艮 on the right
镜
Radical 钅 (Kangxi radical 167) in its simplified form · 16 strokes · 钅 on the left, 竟 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

眼镜 in our stories

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  • 有一天，一位戴眼镜的女士吃了一口，皱着眉头说：“面糊太厚了，酱也太咸。”

    yǒu yì tiān yí wèi dài yǎnjìng de nǚshì chī le yì kǒu zhòu zhe méitóu shuō miànhù tài hòu le jiàng yě tài xián

    One day a woman in glasses took a bite, frowned and said, "The batter's too thick, and the sauce is too salty."

    From the story A second chance HSK 5

  • 老医生看完心电图和所有的化验单，摘下眼镜，笑着问：“你最近是不是熬夜看手机，还每天喝三杯咖啡？”

    lǎo yīshēng kàn wán xīndiàntú hé suǒyǒu de huàyàndān zhāixià yǎnjìng xiào zhe wèn nǐ zuìjìn shì bu shì áoyè kàn shǒujī hái měitiān hē sān bēi kāfēi

    The old doctor looked over the ECG and every test result, took off his glasses and asked with a smile, "Have you been staying up late on your phone and drinking three coffees a day?"

    From the story The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 眼镜

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).