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to glare at
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The character 盻 combines the semantic radical 目 ('eye') with the phonetic 兮 (xī) to form a phono-semantic compound. Its core meaning is to glare or stare angrily, conveying resentment or malice through one's eyes. This distinguishes it from ordinary verbs of seeing, as 盻 is reserved for situations where the look is intentionally hostile or piercingly intense. The structure thus directly reflects its specialized meaning: the eye radical anchors it in visual expression, while 兮 signals the pronunciation.
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