Kanji
眼
kanji character
eyeball
眼 kanji-眼 eyeball
眼
Meaning
eyeball
Readings
Kun'yomi
- ち まなこ bloodshot eyes
- ひゃく まなこ using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period)
- どんぐり まなこ goggle-eyes
- め ぐすり eye drops
- ひと め (public) notice
- め つき look (in someone's eyes)
On'yomi
- きん がん nearsightedness
- ろう がん presbyopia
- がん きょう glasses
- じ げん merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)
- てん げん the heavenly eye
- ほう げん the dharma eye
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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眼 eye, insight, vision... -
眼 指 (a) look, gaze -
眼 差 し(a) look, gaze -
近 眼 nearsightedness, shortsightedness, myopia -
老 眼 presbyopia, age-related longsightedness, farsightedness -
眼 鏡 glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles -
眼 科 ophthalmology -
眼 薬 eye drops, eyewash -
人 眼 (public) notice, attention, public eye... -
眼 つきlook (in someone's eyes), expression (of the eyes), eyes -
眼 付 look (in someone's eyes), expression (of the eyes), eyes -
眼 蓋 eyelid - きき
眼 effect, virtue, efficacy... -
肉 眼 naked eye, the physical eye -
眼 付 きlook (in someone's eyes), expression (of the eyes), eyes -
眼 白 white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae), Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus) -
主 眼 main purpose, chief aim, focus... -
眼 下 under one's eyes, below one's eyes -
眼 球 eyeball -
眼 目 main point, main object, chief purpose... -
眼 前 before one's eyes -
眼 が覚 めるto wake up, to awake, to perk up... -
片 眼 one eye, one of one's eyes, being blind in one eye... -
眼 科 医 ophthalmologist, eye specialist -
眼 光 sparkle of one's eyes, insight, discernment... -
双 眼 鏡 binoculars, field glasses -
両 眼 both eyes -
眼 中 (one's) consideration, (taking) notice, interest... -
眼 力 insight, power of observation -
眼 底 fundus of the eye