懂眼 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dǒngyǎn

discerning

dǒng understand

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 董 represents the sound.

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

董 Sound component

dǒng, zhǒng supervise

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	toːŋʔ

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

目 Meaning component

mù eye

艮 Sound component

gěn, gèn, hén blunt

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngonX	ŋˤə[n]ʔ	protrude as a knob
	ngeanX	[ŋ]ˤ<r>ə[n]ʔ	eye

《說文》：“眼，目也。从目，聲。”