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眈

Readings

Kana: タン、にら.む

Romaji: tan, nira.mu

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

watch intently

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 9

Radical Number: 109

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 1-5-4

Korean Reading: tam

Chinese Reading: dan1

Unicode: 7708

JIS: 623E

Indexes

New Nelson Index: 3911

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5c4.5

Four Corner Index: 6401.2

Daikanwanjiten Index: 23189

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0787

Words

虎視眈々 (こしたんたん)

(watching) vigilantly for an opportunity to prey upon; with an eagle eye

眈々 (たんたん)

vigilant hostility

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