睛 jīng eyeball
怎么记住“睛”: 目 eye + 青 blue-green = eyeball. Grandpa pops out his glass eye, a shiny blue-green marble, and the grandchildren shriek at the loose eyeball.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
睛 = 目 eye + 青 blue-green
- 目 eye meaning
- 青 blue-green sound
- 龶 plant
- ⺝ moon
Grandpa pops out his glass eye, a shiny blue-green marble, and the grandchildren shriek at the loose eyeball.
How it came to be
The eye gives the meaning and blue-green gives the sound.
用法
- The eyeball itself; lives inside 眼睛 (yǎnjing, eye): 睛 is the ball, 眼 the socket/opening.
- Also the vivid 睛 of 画龙点睛 (huàlóng-diǎnjīng), 'dot the dragon's eyes': the finishing touch that brings a thing to life.
- Don't confuse with its lookalike 晴 (qíng, clear weather): both take 青, but 睛 has 目 (eye), 晴 has 日 (sun).
含“睛”的词语
例句
- 她的眼睛很漂亮。 Tā de yǎnjing hěn piàoliang.Her eyes are beautiful.