How to Write 睃 (suō) — Meaning “To glance at; to peer.”

Imagine a person with large eyes (目) who quickly peers around like a squirrel (夋 looks a bit like a squirrel's tail). The squirrel darts its eyes left and right, so 睃 reminds you of a swift glance or peering action.

Write the left radical 目 as a narrow vertical shape first, with four strokes. Then write the right part 夋 starting with the top dot, followed by the horizontal strokes and the bottom 攵-like shape. A common mistake is making the 目 too wide or forgetting that the right component has a dot at the top.

睃 (suō) means to glance or peer, and its right side is 夋. 眔 (dà) is a rare character meaning to look straight or gaze, with a different right component (something like 示). 眙 (yí or chì) means to stare or gaze angrily, and its right side is 台. Visually, 睃 has a dot at the top of the right side, while 眄 (not listed) has a different shape.

睃 is used in informal or literary contexts to describe a quick, furtive glance, as in 睃一眼 (take a glance) or 睃巡 (look around). It is not common in daily conversation but appears in written descriptions of a character's sly or curious eye movements, often in novels or stories.

Common words containing 睃 include: 睃一眼 (suō yī yǎn) — To take a glance.; 睃巡 (suō xún) — To look around; to patrol with one's eyes.; 睃睃 (suō suō) — To take a look; to glance..