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good-looking; cute
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The character 睆 (huǎn) is a phono-semantic compound: the radical 目 (mù, 'eye') provides the semantic category of sight, while 完 (wán) functions as the phonetic. This structural combination originally signified bright, clear, or beautiful eyes, a meaning directly tied to the eye component. Over time, the character's use broadened somewhat to describe a pleasant or attractive appearance in general, though it remains predominantly associated with visual clarity and brightness. The juxtaposition of the eye radical with the phonetic 完 thus creates a character in which the meaning is rooted in the domain of eyes and seeing, while the pronunciation is anchored by the phonetic.
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