眼睑
yǎn​jiǎn

eyelid

眼 yǎn eye

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

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
艮
艮 Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngonXŋˤə[n]ʔ protrude as a knob
ngeanX[ŋ]ˤ<r>ə[n]ʔ eye

說文解字

《說文》：“眼，目也。从目，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)

睑 jiǎn eyelid Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瞼.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
佥
佥 Sound component
qiān together

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

瞼 eyelid Traditional

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

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
僉
僉 Sound component
together

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkramʔ

說文解字

目上下瞼也。从目僉聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)