眼 yǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- Made of
- 目 eye 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
眼泪
yǎnlèi
tears
Characters in this word
泪 lèi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 目 eye
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 她流眼泪了。 Tā liú yǎnlèi le. She starts to cry.
- 眼泪掉下来。 Yǎnlèi diào xiàlai. Tears fall down.
- 别擦眼泪。 Bié cā yǎnlèi. Do not wipe away your tears.