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1.

Animated Stroke Order 瞪

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How to write 瞪 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 瞪

瞪 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right
瞪
目mù · eye
登dēng · ascend
瞪=
4.

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5.

How to Use 瞪

Common word with 瞪

One common HSK word with 瞪 is 目瞪口呆, meaning "Stunned and speechless / Gaping in astonishment".

目瞪口呆 • mù dèng kǒu dāi • Stunned and speechless / Gaping in astonishment • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
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6.

Example Sentences

tā他
shēng生
qì气
de地
dèng瞪
zhe着
wǒ

Information

Pinyindèng
Meaningglare; stare at; open (one's eyes) wide
Strokes17
Radical目
Traditional瞪
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2631
Zhuyinㄉㄥˋ
UnicodeU+77AA
CangjieBUMWF
目mù · eye
+登dēng · ascend

The eye component connects this character to seeing or looking.

mù目
dèng瞪
kǒu口
dāi呆

Stunned and speechless / Gaping in astonishment

我
,
yī一
jù句
huà话
yě也
bù不
shuō说
。

He glared at me angrily without saying a word.

tā他
shēng生
qì气
dì地
dèng瞪
zhuó着
yǎn眼
jing睛
kàn看
zhe着
wǒ我
。

He stared at me angrily with wide eyes

tīng听
dào到
zhè这
ge个
xiāo消
xi息
,
tā他
mù目
dèng瞪
kǒu口
dāi呆
。

He was dumbstruck when he heard the news

lǎo老
shī师
nù怒
dèng瞪
zhe着
bù不
tīng听
huà话
de的
xué学
shēng生
。

The teacher glared angrily at the disobedient student

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Characters pronounced "deng".

  • 邓dèngsurname
  • 等děngetc.
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Characters with radical "目".

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  • 眩xuànto confuse; dizzy, dazed, disoriented
  • 睾gāotesticle
  • 眷juàntake interest in, care for
  • 瞌kēdoze off; sleepy
  • 瞰kànwatch, spy; overlook; look down
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