杏眼 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xìngyǎn

almond eyes

xìng apricot

Depicts a fruit from a tree (木) that is delicious to taste (口).

木 Iconic component

mù tree

口 Iconic component

kǒu, kou mouth

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	haengX	C.[g]ˤraŋʔ	apricot (tree)

《說文》：“杏，果也。从木，可省聲。”

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

目 Meaning component

mù eye

艮 Sound component

gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Regular Modern

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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。”