瞳眸
tóng​móu

eyes

瞳 tóng pupil of eye

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

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
童
童 Sound component
tóng child

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdoːŋ
Unicodedhung

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

眸 móu pupil of eye

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye

eye

牟
牟 Sound component
móu, mù, mào seek, get

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmu
Unicodemiou

說文解字

目童子也。从目牟聲。《說文》直作牟。

Sources

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