眼

yǎn

eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])

(often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

eye radical (目) + phonetic (艮) = the eye

目 is the semantic core, an ancient pictograph of an eye turned on its side. 艮 contributes the pronunciation and does not add meaning here.

目+艮→眼

目EyeSemantic

艮A trigram symbolPhonetic

词眼

cí yǎn

key word

双眼

shuāng yǎn

the two eyes

过眼烟云

guò yǎn yān yún

ephemeral (idiom)

过眼云烟

guò yǎn yún yān

ephemeral (idiom)

递眼色

dì yǎn sè

to give sb a meaningful look

配眼镜

pèi yǎn jìng

to have a pair of prescription glasses made

重眼皮

chóng yǎn pí

double eyelid

重眼皮儿

chóng yǎn pí r

double eyelid

扣眼

kòu yǎn

buttonhole

金眼鹛雀

jīn yǎn méi què

(bird species of China) yellow-eyed babbler (Chrysomma sinense)

金发碧眼

jīn fà bì yǎn

fair-haired and blue-eyed

针眼

zhēn yǎn

eye of a needle