睽
staring
Strokes14
Readings
On'yomi
- ケイ
- ケ
- キ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
睽 centers on a fixed, intense gaze: staring with eyes wide open, often with a sense of separation or opposition implied by the right component.
Most common words using 睽
- 火沢睽かたくけい
kui (hexagram 38 of the I Ching: opposition)
Study
Etymology
睽 combines 目 (eye) with 癸, which likely contributes the sound and may carry an idea of opposition or divergence, fitting the sense of staring with a fixed, perhaps confrontational gaze.
Meaning mnemonic
The eye 目 on the left is fixed on the complex 癸 shape on the right, like staring at something puzzling or opposing until it makes sense.
Reading mnemonic
For ケイ, imagine a staring contest where you keep your eyes locked on a cake: cake -> ケイ, and your stare never wavers.