Chinese

眼睛

yǎnjing
eye; eyes (Classifier: 隻／只 m; 雙／双 m; 對／对 m)
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 2

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  • characterChinese眼 “eye (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 雙／双 m c; 對／对 c)”
    • meaningChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
    • soundChinese艮 “one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing mountains. (☶)”
      • ideaChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
  • characterChinese睛 “eyeball”
    • soundChinese青 “blue-green ("grue"); blue (of sky, stone etc.); green (of grass, plants, mountains etc.)”
      • soundChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
        • ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • soundChinese井 “well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: 口; 眼)”

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