眼 means “eye, eyeball”

がん · gan

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

まなこ, め

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ガン, ゲン

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The story

An eye (目) and 艮, a hard, fixed stare: the eye as an organ. 眼 is the eye of medicine and craft: 眼科 is an eye clinic, 眼鏡 is read めがね, glasses, and 血眼 is the bloodshot look of a frantic search.

Used in 眼科 (ganka, eye clinic/ophthalmology), 眼鏡 (megane, glasses), and 血眼 (chimanako, frantic, bloodshot eyes)

Words with 眼

• 眼鏡 (めがね, megane): glasses

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• 尻 buttocks
• 掌 palm
• 脇 armpit
• 舌 tongue
• 胴 torso
• 拳 fist
• 唇 lips
• 爪 nail
• 瞳 pupil (of the eye)
• 眉 eyebrow
• 股 crotch
• 肢 limb

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.