碧眼 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

bìyǎn

blue eyes

bì jade

A stone 石 like amber 珀; 珀 also provides the pronunciation

Components

珀 Sound Meaning component

pò amber

石 Meaning component

shí stone

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pjæk	prak	light blue
Zhengzhang		praɡ
		preɡ
Unicode	biɛk

說文解字

石之青美者。从玉、石，白聲。

Sources

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

yǎn eye

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

Components

目 Meaning component

mù eye

艮 Sound component

gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	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)