眼梢 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

yǎnshāo

outer eye corner

yǎn eye

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

目 Meaning component

mù eye

艮 Sound component

gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Regular Modern

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	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》：“眼，目也。从目，聲。”

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

木 Meaning component

mù tree

肖 Sound component

xiào look like

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		sreːw
Unicode	shrau

木也。从木肖聲。