瞳距
tóng​jù

pupillary distance

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

距 jù distance

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 巨 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
巨
巨 Sound component
jù large

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“距，雞距也。从足，巨聲。”

Sources

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