睑 (jiǎn): eyelid
睑 (jiǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “eyelid.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 目 (semantic) and 佥 (phonetic). It ranks #3702 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 睑 eye. Its radical form 目 (eye) appears in many related characters such as 目 (mù, eye), 看 (kàn, to look, to see), 眼 (yǎn, eye).
Definitions
- eyelid
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼睑 | yǎn jiǎn | eyelid |
| 第三眼睑 | dì sān yǎn jiǎn | (zoology) nictitating membrane |
| 上眼睑 | shàng yǎn jiǎn | upper eyelid |
| 下眼睑 | xià yǎn jiǎn | lower eyelid |
| 上睑 | shàng jiǎn | upper eyelid |
| 睑腺炎 | jiǎn xiàn yán | (medicine) stye |
睑 appears in 6 compound words: 17 as the first character, 83 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
用清洁温水或生理盐水冲洗一分钟左右,冲洗时撑开上下眼睑,让水从内眼角流向外眼角。
yòng qīng jié wēn shuǐ huò shēng lǐ yán shuǐ chōng xǐ yī fēn zhōng zuǒ yòu , chōng xǐ shí chēng kāi shàng xià yǎn jiǎn , ràng shuǐ cóng nèi yǎn jiǎo liú xiàng wài yǎn jiǎo .
Rinse with clean warm water or saline solution for about one minute, holding your upper and lower eyelids open so that the water flows from the inner corner of your eye to the outer corner.
但实际上,这是玫瑰痤疮的炎症蔓延到了眼部黏膜和睑板腺。
dàn shí jì shàng , zhè shì méi guī 痤 chuāng de yán zhèng màn yán dào le yǎn bù nián mó hé jiǎn bǎn xiàn .
In reality, however, this is caused by inflammation from rosacea spreading to the mucous membranes of the eyes and the meibomian glands.
梅西还在对抗中遭到肘击,右眼眼睑被划伤并流血。
méi xī hái zài duì kàng zhōng zāo dào 肘 jī , yòu yǎn yǎn jiǎn bèi huá shāng bìng liú xiě .
Messi was also elbowed during a tackle, causing a cut and bleeding on his right eyelid.
有些人染发后会出现眼睑浮肿、皮肤发红或起疹的问题,就是对苯二胺导致的。
yǒu xiē rén rǎn fā hòu huì chū xiàn yǎn jiǎn fú zhǒng , pí fū fā hóng huò qǐ zhěn de wèn tí , jiù shì duì běn èr àn dǎo zhì de .
Some people experience swollen eyelids, skin redness, or rashes after dyeing their hair, and these symptoms are caused by p-phenylenediamine.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 目 (eye) component
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