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Kanji Detail for 眸 - "pupil, eye"

眸

  • Meaning

    眸 means "pupil, eye." Also associated with gaze.

    1. Pupil - The dark center of the eye.

    2. Eye - The organ of sight.

    3. Gaze - A steady look.

  • Four-character idioms with 眸

    • 明眸皓歯 めいぼうこうし Listen starry eyes and beautiful white teeth (said of beautiful women)

  • Tattoo check: 眸

    • Verified meaning: pupil, eye
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ひとみ, ぼう, む)
    • Also carries these associations: gaze

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 眸

    Given names 眸(ひとみ)Listen

    Surnames 眸(ぼう)Listen 眸(む)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pupil of the eye

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pupil of eye; eye

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    pupil (of the eye); eye

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    eye; pupil

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    眸子. The pupil in the eye.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    boh(ボウ) ボウ

    mu(ム) ム

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hitomi(ひとみ) ひとみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    目 罒 (me・mehen)

  • Related Keywords

    pupil eye gaze iris look see sight stare vision watch glance

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