源etymfun
About

Etymology data from Wiktionary via Wiktextract (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese character data from the 說文解字, the Taiwan MOE 國語辭典簡編本 (CC BY-ND 3.0 TW) and HSK/TOCFL lists.

Explanations are written by a local model (gemma4) and only published after a verification pass against the cited sources. How it works.

Chinese

親眼目睹

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ tu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
to see with one's own eyes; to witness personally
  • 亲眼目睹
Post Share

Etymology graph

  • inherited
  • borrowed
  • derived
  • parts
  • meaning component
  • sound component
  • related
React Flow
Press enter or space to select a node. You can then use the arrow keys to move the node around. Press delete to remove it and escape to cancel.
Press enter or space to select an edge. You can then press delete to remove it or escape to cancel.

點擊節點放大 · Click a node to zoom in

The phrase describes the act of witnessing a scene directly through one's own eyes.
The phrase describes the act of witnessing a scene directly through one's own eyes.

Origin

The character 親, meaning paternal relatives, contains the semantic component 見 (to see) and the phonetic components 辛 (spicy; hot; pungent) and 𣓀. The character 眼, meaning eye, incorporates the semantic component 目 (eye) and the phonetic component 艮 (one of the Eight Trigrams, symbolizing mountains).

The character 目 means eye. The character 睹, meaning to see, to observe, or to witness, is formed with the phonetic component 者 (used at the end of a command).

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

Lineage

  • characterChinese親 “paternal relatives”
    • soundChinese辛 “spicy; hot; pungent”
    • soundChinese𣓀
    • meaningChinese見 “to see”
      • componentChinese卩 “kneeling person”
  • characterChinese眼 “eye (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 雙／双 m c; 對／对 c)”
    • 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目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
  • characterChinese睹 “to see; to observe; to witness”
    • soundChinese者 “Used at the end of a command.”
Wiktionary etymology text

No etymology text yet. The graph shows what is known from the sources.

Meanings

phrase
  1. to see with one's own eyes; to witness personally

Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0