mào

to look at closely

To make an effort  to see  something

Components
敄 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

to put forth effort

目 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

eye

Evolution

瞀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瞀 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

mào

to look at closely; nearsighted; dim; indistinct vision

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mˤ<r>uk

maewk

mào

troubled eyesight


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6487th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+7780

Shuowen

“瞀,氐目謹視也。从目,敄聲。”


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