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
眼里
yǎnli
in the eyes
Characters in this word
里 lǐ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 里 — inside
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他眼里有泪。 Tā yǎnli yǒu lèi. There are tears in his eyes.
- 我眼里有你。 Wǒ yǎnli yǒu nǐ. I have you in my eyes.
- 她眼里有光。 Tā yǎnli yǒu guāng. There is light in her eyes.