Memory phrase for the character: 眼

眼

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Meaning

eye, eyeball

Pronunciation

GAN
manako

Explanation

 Left: eye 目, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')

Mnemonic
 
One eye (only) is not good, but it is still an eye.

Radicals

目 eyeImage of an eye with a central pupil 口.
艮 not goodThis radical 艮 is similar to good: 良. But one stroke is missing and thus it becomes: "not good"




 Vocabulary

眼 まなこ  eye, eyeball, pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
眼鏡 めがね  spectacles, glasses
眼科 がんか  ophthalmology
眼科医 がんかい  ophthalmologist, eye specialist
遠視眼 えんしがん  farsightedness, hypermetropy
眼球 がんきゅう  eyeball
近眼 きんがん  nearsightedness, shortsightedness, myopia
銃眼 じゅうがん  loophole, eyelet, embrasure

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