| Chinese Text Project |
| 眈 U+7708 |  Seal script | 躭 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 目+ 4 strokes = 9 strokes total. |
|---|---|
| References: | Guangyun: p.221#15 p.222#51 Kangxi: p.802#18 Cihai: p.947r4c02 GSR: 656.j Hanyu: v4,p2477#13 |
| Composition: | Left: 目, right: 冘. Component of: 𠹆 |
| Mandarin: | dān tán chěn ㄉㄢ ㄊㄢˊ ㄔㄣˇ |
| Cantonese: | daam1 |
| Shuowen: | 《目部》眈：視近而志遠。从目冘聲。《易》曰：「虎視眈眈。」 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·覃·覃》眈：視近而志遠。又音耽。 《廣韻·下平聲·覃·耽》眈：視近而志遠也。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·目部·四》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。 |
| Fanqie: | 徒含 (《廣韻·下平聲·覃·覃》) 丁含 (《廣韻·下平聲·覃·耽》) |
| Unihan definition: | gloat, stare at; to delay, to loiter, to hinder |
Example usage
| 《周易·䷚頤》: | 六四：顛頤，吉，虎視眈眈，其欲逐逐，无咎。 |
| The fourth SIX, divided, shows one looking downwards for (the power to) nourish. There will be good fortune. Looking with a tiger's downward unwavering glare, and with his desire that impels him to spring after spring, he will fall into no error. | |
| 《說文解字·目部》: | 眈：視近而志遠。 |
| 《水經注·耒水》: | 黃溪東有馬嶺山，高六百餘丈，廣圓四十許里，漢末有郡民蘇眈栖遊此山。 |
| 《藝文類聚·宮》: | 《北齊邢子才新宮賦》曰：擬二儀而構路寑，法三山而起翼室，何大廈之眈眈，而斯干之秩秩，豈西京之足偉，故東都之所匹，爾其狀也。 |
| 《廣韻·覃》: | 眈：視近而志遠。 |
| 《太平御覽·虎上》: | 又《頤卦》曰：虎視眈眈，其欲逐逐。 |
| 《太平廣記·鍾傅》: | 有虎黑文青質，額毛圓白，眈眈然自中林而出。 |
| 《朱子語類·頤》: | 六四「顛頤，吉，虎視眈眈，其欲逐逐」，此爻不可曉。 |
| 《紅樓夢》: | 你看這裡這些人，因見老太太多疼了寶玉和鳳姐姐兩個，他們尚虎視眈耽，背地裡言三語四的，何況於我？ |
| 《全唐詩·江月樓》: | 雉堞眈眈俯漁艇。 |
| 《康熙字典·九》: | 或作眈。 |
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