Hanzi Explorer
Components · Origins · Writing
Character explorer · 拆字

Hanzi breakdown

Explore how a character is built, identify its meaning and sound components, then practise writing it stroke by stroke.

Enter up to eight Chinese characters. Detailed breakdowns cover all 625 characters used in HSK 1–3 here.

眼1 / 1
Character breakdownyǎn / left–right / Meaning + sound
眼
yǎn

Origin clue: eye

Strokes

Components

Meaning / left目mùeyeSound / right艮gěnstop, blunt
眼yǎn
Structureleft–right
Radical目eye
TypeMeaning + sound

How it works

眼 is a meaning-sound compound. 目 gives the meaning clue (eye), while 艮 gives a clue to its pronunciation.

Sound family

Common words 2

  • 眼睛 HSK 2yǎnjingeye
  • 眼镜 HSK 3yǎnjingglasses, spectacles