眼
yǎn HSK2

eye

眼 yǎn
glance measure word
a brief look or a glance, often used with the numeral 'one'

他回头看了我一眼。

tā huí​tóu kàn le wǒ yī yǎn.

He looked back at me.

eye noun
the organ of sight

他在眼角处有一颗小小的痣。

tā zài yǎn jiǎo chù yǒu yī kē xiǎo​xiǎo de zhì.

He has a small mole at the corner of his eye.

classifier measure word
measure word for specific objects like wells or cave-dwellings

我家门前有一眼井。

wǒ jiā mén qián yǒu yī yǎn jǐng.

There is a well in front of my house.

salient point noun
a key point, crucial spot, or a strategic space in a board game

这句话说到了眼上。

zhè jù huà shuō​dào le yǎn shàng.

That sentence hit the nail on the head.

small hole noun
a small opening or puncture

他在墙上钻了一个眼儿。

tā zài qiáng shàng zuān le yī gè yǎn r.

He drilled a hole in the wall.

Frequency
Character
Written text
281st most common 785.9 per million
Movie subtitles
364th most common 410.9 per million appears in 84% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
105.5 per million appears in 33% of films
Written text
193.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+773C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)