着眼
zhuó yǎn · HSK 7
to have one's eyes on
👁️🎯 着 (apply/attach) + 眼 (eye) = put your eyes on the target
着 carries the sense of attaching or applying, and 眼 is eye. Together: fix your eyes onto a goal, i.e. concentrate on what you have in mind.
着 — sheep 羊 (top) + eye 目 (bottom)
着 originated as a variant of 著, which depicted plants emerging visibly above ground (grass radical 艹 over 者). Over time 着 split off to carry meanings like 'attach,' 'wear,' or a verb suffix marking ongoing action (zhe), while 著 kept senses like 'manifest' or 'author.'
眼 — eye radical 目 + 艮 (phonetic)
眼 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 目 means 'eye' and gives the meaning, while 艮 on the right supplies the sound. Originally referring to the eyeball, it broadened over time to mean 'eye' generally and, by extension, 'a hole' or 'key point'.