角膜 (jiǎo mó) — cornea | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cornea

Examples

角膜，。
Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de jiǎo mó, fā xiàn yǒu xiē fā yán.
The doctor examined her cornea and found some inflammation.
角膜，。
Tā yīn wèi jiǎo mó shòu shāng, zàn shí bù néng dài yǐn xíng yǎn jìng.
He can't wear contact lenses for now because his cornea is injured.
角膜。
jiǎo mó Yí zhí shǒu shù ràng zhè wèi huàn zhě chóng huò guāng míng.
The cornea transplant surgery restored this patient's sight.

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

角 (horn) and 膜 (membrane) combine to name the horn-like membrane of the eye.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 角 is a picture of a horn.

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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