吸睛
xī​jīng

eye-catching

吸 xī inhale

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 及 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
及
及 Sound component
jí extend

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxipqʰ(r)əp inhale

說文解字

《說文》：“吸，內息也。从口，及聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

睛 jing, jīng eyeball

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
青
青 Sound component
qīng green or blue

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsleŋ
sʰleŋʔ
Unicodetziɛng

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang