CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- yan3
- English meanings
- eye, small hole, aperture, salient/weighted point, salient/weighted point
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 目; right 艮.
Meaning & sound clues
目 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “eye”.
艮 is identified as the sound component (gěn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 眼.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
stern
dislike; loathe
throat
banquet; feast
rock; cliff
surname Yan
cover; conceal
along
to flood
act
hot; inflammation
mist
flame
swallow
salt
study; research; grind
inkstone
gorgeous; colorful
winding (in 蜿蜒)
spread; develop
speech; words
lane gate; surname
lane gate; surname
wild goose
face; color
to examine
salt
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 一眼
- 不起眼
- 亲眼
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- 心眼儿
- 抢眼
- 显眼
- 眉开眼笑
- 眨眼
- 眼下
- 眼光
- 眼前
- 眼泪
- 眼界
- 眼看
- 眼睛
- 眼神
- 眼红
- 眼色
- 眼里
- 眼镜
- 着眼
- 着眼于
- 红眼
- 耀眼
- 见钱眼开
- 转眼