eye

Pictograph of an eye.

Evolution

目 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
目 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
目 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
目 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
目 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

eye; look, see; division, topic; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title

Most common words with 目
Freq.
Word
Meaning

目前

currently

节目

program

目标

target

项目

item

目的

purpose

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Iconic component in 15 characters (15 verified)

𥄕

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.m(r)[u]k

mjuwk

eye


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 81.2590% of movies

326th most common character in movies

239th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+76EE

Shuowen

“目,人眼。象形。重童子也。,古文目。”


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