Chinese

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/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
to look; to see; to take a glance at
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 6
  • radical 目
  • 17 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 焦.

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
  • soundChinese焦 “burned; scorched”
    • meaningChinese隹 “short-tailed bird”
    • soundChinese小 “small, tiny, little”
      • ideaChinese八 “eight”
      • ideaChinese丨 “To connect vertically; to pass through from top to bottom.”

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