eye sockets

Components

Sound component
this
Meaning component
eye

eye

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzeːs
zes
Unicodedzhiɛ̌

說文解字

目匡也。从目此聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

variant of 眥|眦[zì] Simplified

Components

Meaning component
eye

eye

Sound component
this

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzreːs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang