眈

Information about character(s)

Radical: 目
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 9
Variants: 躭

Pronunciation

Pinyin: dān, chěn
Cantonese: daam1
JapaneseKun: NIRAMU
JapaneseOn: TAN
Korean: THAM
Vietnamese: xẩm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: gloat, stare at; to delay, to loiter, to hinder

CE-Dict: gaze intently

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to look downward

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《目部》眈視近而志遠。从目冘聲。《易》曰：“虎視眈眈。”

康熙字典文字版 【午集中】【目字部】眈
【唐韻】丁含切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】都含切，𠀤音酖。【說文】視近而志遠。【易·頤卦】虎視眈眈。【釋文】虎下視貌。　又樂也。【書·無逸】惟眈樂之從。【傳】過樂之謂眈。【中庸】和樂且眈。【詩·小雅】作湛。【爾雅·釋詁】作妉。【說文】作媅，音義𠀤同。　又【廣韻】【集韻】𠀤都感切，酖上聲。亦虎視也。　又【廣韻】徒含切【集韻】徒南切，𠀤音潭。義同。　又【集韻】徒感切，潭上聲。徐視也。與𧡪同。　又【集韻】丑甚切，音踸。出頭視也。通作闖。　又叶持林切，音沈。【詩·衞風】于嗟女兮，無與士眈。叶上葚。葚，平聲。【張翰·雜詩】靑條若總翠，黃葉如散金。嘉卉亮有觀，顧此難久眈。　【正字通】眈與耽別。耳𠂹之耽从耳，眈樂之眈从目。易，書，詩本作眈，譌作耽。正韻：耽，一作眈，非。俗作躭，尤非。

CF-Dict: observer attentivement