巩膜 (gǒng mò) — sclera | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sclera

Examples

巩膜。
Yǎn jing de gǒng mò shì bái sè de.
The sclera of the eye is the white part.
巩膜。
Yī shēng zǐ xì dì jiǎn chá le wǒ de gǒng mò.
The doctor carefully examined my sclera.
巩膜。
gǒng mò Fā yán shí huì gǎn dào téng tòng.
When the sclera is inflamed, it feels painful.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

膜mómembrane

巩 names hardness and 膜 names a membrane, so it is the hard membrane of the eye.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鞏; 巩 is its simplified writing.

巩革鞏

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

巩

巩gǒng鞏gǒng

Same sound today

The traditional form 鞏 combines 巩, the sound part, with 革, the meaning part; the simplified 巩 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

⺼Written in full as肉ròu

Sound part声符shēngfú

莫

莫mò膜mó

Same sound today

膜 combines ⺼ (written in full as 肉) with 莫, which gives the character its sound.

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