眈 – vocab dash

Keyword

to stare at

to gaze intently
to delay
to hinder

Frequency: #4101
Strokes: 9

Readings

dān

Mnemonic

目 (eye) gives the meaning and 冘 the sound.

Stroke order

Composed of

目eye 冘to move on

Used in vocabulary

虎视眈眈hǔshìdāndān

(lit.) to fix one's eyes on sth like a tiger watching its prey (idiom); (fig.) to eye covetously

(to gaze) intently