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眼睑 (yǎn jiǎn) — eyelid

Definition

noun
eyelid
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 眼睑，。
    Tā de yǎn jiǎn hěn báo, kě yǐ kàn jiàn xuè guǎn.
    Her eyelids are very thin; you can see blood vessels.
  • ，眼睑。
    Tā yǎn jing lèi le, yǎn jiǎn yì zhí zài tiào.
    His eyes are tired; his eyelids keep twitching.
  • 眼睑，。
    Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de yǎn jiǎn, shuō méi yǒu gǎn rǎn.
    The doctor examined her eyelids and said there was no infection.

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.

眼yǎneye
睑jiǎnlid

"眼" eye and "睑" lid combine to name the lid 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
目目mùeye
Sound part声符shēngfú
艮
艮gèn眼yǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

眼 combines 目, which is an eye, with 艮, which gives the character's sound.

Open 眼 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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