to blink or wink

Animated Stroke Order 眨

眨 stroke order svg

Stroke Order Diagrams 眨

眨 stroke order diagram

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
zhǎ
yǎn
shì
ān
jìng

He blinked to signal me to be quiet

2
jǐn
zhāng
zhǎ
dòng
yǎn
jīng

She blinked her eyes nervously

3
hái
zi
kùn
zhí
zhǎ
yǎn
jīng

The child kept blinking because he was sleepy

4
zhǎ
yǎn
le

He blinked.

5
xiǎo
māo
duì
zhe
dēng
guāng
zhǎ
yǎn

The kitten blinks at the light.

6
shí
jiān
guò
zhēn
kuài
zhǎ
yǎn
jiù
shí
nián
le

Time flies so fast; ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes9
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2618
Zhuyinㄓㄚˇ
Components
UnicodeU+7728
Cangjie
☯️

Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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