TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
睛
ㄐㄧㄥ · jīng
noun — eyeball, pupil
字源 FORM — what the parts do
{j,q,x}Iqīng → jīng — a step inside {j,q,x}
The eye radical (目) with 青 qīng for sound, q stepped to j — the eyeball, the wet black center that does the seeing. It lives almost entirely inside 眼睛, and in 畫龍點睛: the dragon painted whole, the eyes dotted last.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
畫師收筆前最後一點，落在眼珠（目）上——滿牆的龍活了。
The painter's last dot lands on the eyeball (目) — and the dragon on the wall comes alive.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)眼珠— the eyeball
→眼睛— the eye — the everyday compound常用
→點睛— the finishing dot
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension