漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
目: eye, class
Also: look, insight, experience, care, favor
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Western Zhou Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Three readings, and the words that use each
モクmoku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 目的地もくてきちdestination
- 目標もくひょうobjective, target
- 注目するちゅうもくするpay attention, take note
めme · kun'yomi · on its own
- 目めeye
- 目を通すめをとおすscan, look over
- 駄目なだめなuseless
- ３ページ目さんぺージめthird page
ま-ma- · kun'yomi
- 目蓋まぶたeyelid
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 真面目なまじめなserious
Also read ボク, -め, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
Human eye, now rotated 90 degrees.
Source: Wiktionary, 目 (rev. 93947436), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the world through this upright window! This is an eye standing tall.”
Connections
Also read モク
3 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read ボク
8 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by sideIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mù
Same form: 目 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 目 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 目 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin mù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.