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目 U+76EE, 目 ← 盭[U+76ED] CJK Unified Ideographs 盯 →[U+76EF] ⽬ U+2F6C, ⽬ ← ⽫[U+2F6B] Kangxi Radicals ⽭ →[U+2F6D] Stroke order Stroke order

目 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+0, 5 strokes, Cangjie input 月山 (BU), four-corner 60101, composition ⿴囗𠄠)

1. Kangxi radical #109, ⽬.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/目
• 泪, 㺺, 鉬(钼), 自, 苜, 冒, 㾇, 窅, 㸔, 䆩, 夐, 敻
• 見, 貝, 具, 狊, 鼎, 䢥, 繉, 䕎, 霿

• 𦥷, 曼, 夢, 蔑, 德

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 798, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23105
• Dae Jaweon: page 1213, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2467, character 1
• Unihan data for U+76EE

simp. and trad. 目 alternative forms 𥃦𡇡𥆤⿵𦉪山𡆲

Pictogram (象形) – human eye, now rotated 90 degrees. Compare the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁹.

See also 直, 見, 頁, 夏, 面, 臣 and the earlier versions of 要. The eye is not rotated in the character 𢛳, 曼, 睪, and 眔 (used in 褱).

Sometimes it depicts a web (网) through its variant 罒, e.g., 買, 罵, 罪, 詈 (used in 罰) and 羅 (> 罗). Unrelated to 鼎, 貝, and 真.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjək. Cognate with Tibetan མིག (mig, “eye”), Burmese မျက် (myak, “eye, face”).

目

1. (literary or Min) eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t) See also: 眼 耳目 ― ěrmù ― ears and eyes; spies 目睭 [Hokkien] ― ba̍k-chiu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― eye
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) eyesight
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to look; to view; to see
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to wink at
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to judge; to comment on
6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) opinion; viewpoint
7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to view as; to regard
8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) item; entry 賬目／账目 ― zhàngmù ― entry
9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) title; headline
10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) section
11. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) list; catalogue; table of contents 目錄／目录 ― mùlù ― catalogue
12. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) name
13. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) target; goal 目標／目标 ― mùbiāo ― target 目的 ― mùdì ― target, goal
14. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) chief; head; leader
15. (taxonomy) order
16. (Classical) to call; to address (of people’s names and titles) Synonym: 稱呼 / 称呼 (chēnghū)
17. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, obsolete or Hokkien) hole; cavity; eyelet
18. (Hokkien) joint; knot; lump 柴目 [Hokkien] ― chhâ-ba̍k [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― lumps on wood
19. (Hokkien) Classifier for segments, such as sugar cane.
20. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for pieces in Go.

• “目”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02756
• “目”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
• 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “目”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 415.

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

1. eye (め, ま, まなこ)[1]
2. eyesight
3. main part of something (かなめ)
4. chief; head; leader
5. name; appellation
6. subdivision
7. (taxonomy) order
8. face; honor
9. right now
10. joint

• Go-on: もく (moku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ぼく (boku, Jōyō †)
• Kun: め (me, 目, Jōyō)、ま (ma, 目, Jōyō †)、まなこ (manako, 目)、かなめ (kaname, 目)
• Nanori: さかん (sakan)、さがん (sagan)、さっか (sakka)、さつか (satsuka)

Kanji in this term 目 Grade: 1 Alternative spelling 眼

⟨me2⟩ → */məɨ/ → /me/

From Old Japanese,[2] from Proto-Japonic *mai. Cognate with 目(ま) (ma, bound form). Now the modern Japanese term for eye.

Probably cognate with 見(み)る (miru, “to see, to look”).[2]

May also be cognate with 芽(め) (me, “bud, shoot”),[2] perhaps from the “visually prominent feature” sense, and with suppositional / volitional verb suffix む (mu) (presenting in modern Japanese verb conjugations as the -ō or -yō endings), perhaps from the “seem like, look like” sense.

• (non-productive, bound form)
  • (prefixal) ま (ma)

• (Kyōto) めえ [mèé] (Teiki – [0])

• (Kyūshū) め [mé] (type B)

• (Tokyo) め [méꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[3][4][5]
• IPA(key): [me̞]

目(め) • (me)

1. [from 712] 目, 眼: eye 目(め)がかゆいです。Me ga kayui desu.My eyes feel itchy. 眠(ねむ)そうな目(め)をする、眠(ねむ)そうな目(め)をこするnemusō na me o suru, nemusō na me o kosuruto have a sleepy look on one’s face (eyes that look sleepy), to rub sleepy eyes
2. [from 720] visually prominent feature of something:
   1. [from 720] small hole, like those inherent to a net-like material (between the warp and the weft) Hyponym: おりめ (orime) ミシン目(め)mishin-meperforation 細(ほそ)目・荒(め・あら)目(め)hosome aramesmall hole; large hole
   2. [from 759] short for 賽の目 (sai no me, “dice pip”)
      • ①(いち)：サイコロを１(いっ)回(かい)振(ふ)る。相(あい)手(て)フィールドのモンスターの攻(こう)撃(げき)力・守(りょく・しゅ)備(び)力(りょく)は、ターン終(しゅう)了(りょう)時(じ)まで出(で)た目(め)の数(かず)×(かける)100( ひゃく)ダウンする。Ichi: Saikoro o ikkai furu. Aite fīrudo no monsutā no kōgekiryoku shubiryoku wa, tān shūryōji made deta me no kazu kakeru hyaku daun suru.1: Roll a die once. Until the end of this turn, the attack and defense strength of the monsters on your opponent’s field decreases by the result ×100.
      • ①(いち)：サイコロを１(いっ)回(かい)振(ふ)り、出(で)た目(め)の効(こう)果(か)を適(てき)用(よう)する。Ichi: Saikoro o ikkai furi, deta me no kōka o tekiyō suru.1: Roll a die once, then apply an effect accordingly to the result.
   3. [from late 900s] (by extension) experience Synonym: 体験 痛(いた)い目(め)に遭(あ)うitai me ni auto go through something terrible 酷(ひど)い目(め)に遭(あ)うhidoi me ni auto meet a terrible fate 大変(たいへん)な目(め)に遭(あ)うtaihen na me ni auexperience something serious

目(め) • (-me)

1. [from early 1400s] -st, -nd, -rd, or -th, for ordinal numbers (e.g. 8th or eighth, 9th or ninth) 三本(さんぼん)目(め)のボトルsanbon-me no botoruthird bottle
2. [from late 1800s] visually prominent feature of something 結(むす)び目(め)、編(あ)み目(め)、効(き)き目(め)musubime, amime, kikimeknot (literally, “tying + [visual feature]”), stitch (literally, “knitting + [visual feature]”), effect or efficacy (literally, “working, having an effect + [visual feature]”)
3. め: (attached to verb or i-adjective roots to produce na-adjectives, no longer productive with verbs) in that direction, trending in that way ‎多い (ooi, “great, many, much”) + ‎め (-me) + ‎目 → ‎多め (oome, “on the greater side”) ‎控える (hikaeru, “to restrain, to hold back”) + ‎め (-me) + ‎目 → ‎控えめ (hikaeme, “with restraint, holding back”)

• Exceptionally attaches to 濃(こ)い (koi) as is to form 濃(こ)いめ (koime) (rather than to its stem 濃(こ) (ko) to form *濃(こ)め (kome)).

Kanji in this term 目 まGrade: 1 kun’yomi For pronunciation and definitions of 目 – see the following entry. 【ま】 [noun] 目, 眼: prefixal bound form of め (me, “eye”) (This term, 目, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) Kanji in this term 目 もくGrade: 1 goon

From Middle Chinese 目 (MC mjuwk). Compare modern Cantonese 目 (muk6) and Wu 目 (moq).

• (Tokyo) もく [móꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
• IPA(key): [mo̞kɯ̟]

目(もく) • (moku)

1. (taxonomy) an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger than a family
2. a playing piece in a board game, such as a stone in the game of go
3. a point in the game of go

Kanji in this term 目 ぼくGrade: 1 kan’on

From Middle Chinese 目 (MC mjuwk). Compare modern Min Nan 目 (bo̍k).

• IPA(key): [bo̞kɯ̟]

目(ぼく) • (boku)

1. eye
2. look, appearance

• “目”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[3] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026

From Middle Chinese 目 (MC mjuwk).

Historical readings Dongguk Jeongun reading Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 목〮 (Yale: mwók) Middle Korean Text Eumhun Gloss (hun) Reading Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[4] 눈〮 (Yale: nwún) 목〮 (Yale: mwók)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [mo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [목]

目 (eumhun 눈 목 (nun mok))

1. hanja form? of 목 (“eye”) [affix]
2. hanja form? of 목 (“(taxonomy) class”) [noun]

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [5]

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *me, from earlier Proto-Japonic *mai. Cognate with Japanese 目(め) (me, “eye”).

• Kun: みー (mī, 目)

Cognate with mainland Japanese 目(め) (me, “eye”).

目(みー) (mī)

1. eye
2. sight

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: むぃー (mïi, 目)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *me, from earlier Proto-Japonic *mai. Cognate with Japanese 目(め) (me, “eye”).

目(むぃー) (mïi)

1. eye
2. sight

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: みー (mī, 目)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *me, from earlier Proto-Japonic *mai. Cognate with Japanese 目(め) (me, “eye”).

目(みー) (mī)

1. eye
2. sight

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: むぃー (mïi, 目)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *me, from earlier Proto-Japonic *mai. Cognate with Japanese 目(め) (me, “eye”).

目(むぃー) (mïi)

1. eye
2. sight

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: むぃー (mwī, 目)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *me, from earlier Proto-Japonic *mai. Cognate with Japanese 目(め) (me, “eye”).

目(むぃー) (mwī)

1. eye
2. sight

• 𤶽 (mụt)[1]

目: Hán Việt readings: mục (莫(mạc)六(lục)切(thiết))[2][3][1][4] 目: Nôm readings: mục[2][1][4][5], mụt[6][1]

1. chữ Hán form of mục (“item”)