睞
lài

squint at

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

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
來
來 Sound component
lái come

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯːs

說文解字

目童子不正也。从目來聲。

Sources

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

睐 lài squint at Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 来 represents the sound. Simplified form of 睞.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
来
来 Sound component
lái come

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode