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Eye Stare View Staring Contest Turtle 眺 チョウ

Kanji
Onyomi チョウ
Kunyomi なが.める
English stare, watch, look at, see, scrutinize
Examples 眺める(ながめる): to view; to gaze at
眺め(ながめ): scene; view; prospect; outlook
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1726
Components 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor
兆: portent; 10**12; trillion; sign; omen; symptoms
Number of Strokes 11
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 109
Radical Strokes 5
Radical Reading め・めへん・よこめ
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword stare
Koohii Story 1 Sauron´s One fiery eye stare at Frodo and it is a sign of portent. Evil will become whomever the eye is staring upon.
Koohii Story 2 You lost a staring contest with a turtle because you blinked your eye before he did. (The contest wasn´t fair, because turtles have nictitating membranes, and don´t need to blink so often.) Eye comes first, because stare is most associated with eyes. And compare with challenge (#658) where this same obstreperous turtle challenges you to a finger wrestling contest. (Sibyl´s story with some notes that helped me).
RTK Index (new) 252

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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