睥睨
pì​nì

look askance

睥 pì, bì look askance at

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye

eye

卑
卑 Sound component
bēi humble, inferior

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰeːs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

睨 nì look askance at

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye

eye

兒
兒 Sound component
r, ér son

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋeːs

說文解字

衺視也。从目兒聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)