直视
zhí shì · HSK 7
to look straight at
👁️ 直 straight + 视 look = look straight at, no glancing away
直 means straight or direct; 视 means to look or vision (as in 视力, eyesight). Together they mean to look straight at something, eye to eye.
直 — 十 ten + 目 eye + 乚 hidden line
Originally depicted an eye (目) looking straight along a vertical line, suggesting a direct, unswerving gaze. The form combines 目 'eye' with strokes indicating straightness. From this came the meanings 'straight,' 'upright,' and by extension 'honest' or 'direct.'