显而易见 (xiǎn ér yì jiàn)

Character breakdown

• 显 (xiǎn) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 𢇁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 顯.

• 而 (ér) · 6 strokes

  Originally a pictograph of a beard, now written as 耏. The current use as a conjunction is a phonetic loan.

• 易 (Yì) · 8 strokes

  Upside-down version of 益, depicting food or drink being poured from a container (皿). Based on the original meaning "to bestow, give", now written as 賜. The meaning later shifted to "exchange", "change…

• 见 (jiàn) · 4 strokes

  Simplified form of 見. Pictograph of a person (儿) using their eye (目) to see (見).

Usage

这个问题显而易见。

clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously; clearly; it goes without saying

zhè ge wèn tí xiǎn ér yì jiàn 。