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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

眸: pupil of the eye

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

目 carries the meaning · 牟 is drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ボウbou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 双眸そうぼうone's eyes; (pair of) eyes
  • 眸子ぼうしpupil (of the eye)
  • 明眸めいぼうbright or beautiful eyes

Also read ム, ひとみ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“See the world through this upright window! This is an eye standing tall.”
More in the 目 eye story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
目

Also built on eye (目)

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Also read ボウ

31 kanji share this on'yomiAll 31

Also read ム

8 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · móu

Same form: 眸 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
眸 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
眸 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin móu most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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