目

See also: 且, 自, 耳, 貝, 見, and 罒

目	U+76EE, 目 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76EE

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CJK Unified Ideographs

盯 →

⽬	U+2F6C, ⽬ KANGXI RADICAL EYE

← ⽫

Kangxi Radicals

⽭ →

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

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

Kangxi radical #109, ⽬.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/目
𪜮, 𠖻, 𡊟, 𭑰, 𭜜, 𢪷, 泪, 𨒚, 𣭒, 㺺, 𪛟, 𥎶, 𮕲, 𮋦, 𦨧, 𧊁, 𬅧, 𧠦, 𧻃, 鉬(钼), 𩶖, 𪌔, 𣦦, 𬕾
自, 𡧟, 𭕘, 苜, 冒, 㾇, 窅, 㸔, 𥬥, 𦒿, 𫡼, 𠷒, 𦴔, 𮦋, 𫳤, 𩬞, 𪊣, 𩄯, 𥌕, 𫔝, 䆩, 𮅕, 夐, 𢿌, 敻, 𡕷
見, 貝, 𡕥, 𡭨, 具, 𪫩, 狊, 鼎, 𥇴, 𦎝, 𧌪, 𩶔, 𫧐, 𡇌, 䢥, 繉, 𧇖, 𤪓, 𤪻, 𣿰, 䕎, 霿

References

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

Chinese

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

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 目
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)		Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script	Ancient script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (目) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
瞐	*mroːɡ
苜	moːd, muɡ
目	*muɡ

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mù (mu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mu²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): muk⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): muuk⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): muh⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): muk / mu̍k

(Meixian, Guangdong): mug⁵ / mug⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): meh⁴
Northern Min (KCR): mù
Eastern Min (BUC): mĕk / mĕ̤k / mŭk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ba̍k / bo̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): mag⁸
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁸moq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mo⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mù
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴
  - Yale: mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh
  - Palladius: му (mu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mu²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶
  - Yale: muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: muuk⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbɵk̚³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: muh⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muʔ⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: muk / mu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: mug` / mug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mug⁵ / mug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /muk̚²/, /muk̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mug⁵ / mug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /mʊk̚¹/, /mʊk̚⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: meh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /məʔ²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁴²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mĕk / mĕ̤k / mŭk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛiʔ⁵/, /møyʔ⁵/, /muʔ⁵/

Note:

mĕk/mĕ̤k - colloquial;
mŭk - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ba̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bak
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /bak̚⁴³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /bak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bok
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /bɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴/

Note:

ba̍k - colloquial (“eye; hole; joint; classifier for segments; classifier for pieces in Go”);
bo̍k - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: mag⁸
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma̍k
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /mak̚⁴/

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁸moq
  - MiniDict: moh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹²/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: mo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo²⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 目
Mandarin	Beijing	/mu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/mu⁵³/
	Tianjin	/mu⁵³/
	Jinan	/mu²¹/
	Qingdao	/mu⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/mu²⁴/
	Xi'an	/mu²¹/
	Xining	/mv̩⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/mu¹³/
	Lanzhou	/mu¹³/
	Ürümqi	/mu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/mu³⁵/ /moŋ³⁵/
	Chengdu	/mu³¹/
	Guiyang	/mu²¹/
	Kunming	/mu³¹/
	Nanjing	/muʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/məʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/məʔ²/
	Pingyao	/mʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/məʔ⁴³/ ～的 /mu⁵⁵/ 眼～
Wu	Shanghai	/moʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/moʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/moʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/mu²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/mɔ²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/mo¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/mo²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/mo²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/muʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/muk̚¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/muk̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/mok̚²/
	Nanning	/muk̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/muk̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/bɔk̚⁵/ /bak̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/møyʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/mu⁴²/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/mak̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/mok̚³/ /mak̚³/

Middle Chinese: mjuwk

Rime
Character	目
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	莫六切
Baxter	mjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/miuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muwk̚/
Li Rong	/miuk̚/
Wang Li	/mĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	muk⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.m(r)k/

(Zhengzhang): /*muɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	目
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mù
Middle Chinese	‹ mjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*C.m(r)k/
English	eye
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be -t or -p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	目
Reading #	1/1
No.	9333
Phonetic component	目
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	目
Old Chinese	/*muɡ/

Definitions

目

(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
^† eyesight
^† to look; to view; to see
^† to wink at
^† to judge; to comment on
^† opinion; viewpoint
^† to view as; to regard
^⁜ item; entry
賬目／账目 ― zhàngmù ― entry
^† title; headline
^† section
^⁜ list; catalogue; table of contents
目錄／目录 ― mùlù ― catalogue
^† name
^⁜ target; goal
目標／目标 ― mùbiāo ― target

目的 ― mùdì ― target, goal
^† chief; head; leader
(taxonomy) order
(Classical) to call; to address (of people's names and titles)
Synonym: 稱呼／称呼 (chēnghū)
^† (obsolete or Hokkien) hole; cavity; eyelet
(Hokkien) joint; knot; lump
柴目 [Hokkien] ― chhâ-ba̍k [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― lumps on wood
(Hokkien) Classifier for segments, such as sugar cane.
(Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for pieces in Go.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 眼睛 (“eye”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		目
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		眼睛, 眼
Mandarin	Beijing	眼睛
	Taiwan	眼睛
	Tianjin	眼
	Tangshan	眼睛
	Cangzhou	眼睛, 眼
	Baoding	眼
	Shijiazhuang	眼睛
	Ulanhot	眼睛
	Tongliao	眼睛
	Chifeng	眼睛, 眼珠子, 眼
	Bayanhot	眼睛
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	眼睛
	Harbin	眼睛
	Shenyang	眼睛, 眼
	Yantai (Muping)	眼
	Qingdao	眼
	Jinan	眼
	Luoyang	眼
	Wanrong	眼窩
	Zhengzhou	眼
	Kaifeng	眼
	Xi'an	眼睛, 眼窩 suburbs
	Yinchuan	眼睛
	Lanzhou	眼, 眼睛
	Xining	眼睛, 眼窩
	Ürümqi	眼睛
	Ürümqi (Xigou)	眼睛
	Ürümqi (Changshanzi)	眼睛
	Wuhan	眼睛
	Chengdu	眼睛
	Chongqing	眼睛
	Guiyang	眼睛
	Kunming	眼睛
	Guilin	眼睛
	Liuzhou	眼睛
	Tianlin (Langping)	眼睛
	Xuzhou	眼睛, 眼
	Yangzhou	眼睛
	Xinghua	眼睛
	Nanjing	眼睛
	Hefei	眼, 眼睛
	Nantong	眼睛
	Yanping	眼睛
	Malaysia	眼睛
	Singapore	眼睛
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	眼睛
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	眼窩
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	眼睛
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	眼睛
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	眼睛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼
	Hong Kong	眼
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	眼
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	眼
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	眼
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	眼
	Macau	眼
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	眼
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	眼
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	眼
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	眼
	Foshan	眼
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	眼
	Foshan (Shunde)	眼
	Foshan (Sanshui)	眼
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	眼
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	眼
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	眼
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	眼
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	眼
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	眼
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	眼
	Taishan	眼
	Kaiping (Chikan)	眼
	Enping (Niujiang)	眼
	Heshan (Yayao)	眼
	Dongguan	眼
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	眼
	Qingyuan	眼
	Fogang	眼
	Yingde (Hanguang)	眼
	Yangshan	眼
	Lianshan (Butian)	眼睛
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	眼
	Shaoguan	眼, 眼睛
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	眼
	Renhua	眼
	Lechang	眼
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	眼
	Sihui	眼
	Guangning	眼睛, 眼
	Deqing	眼
	Huaiji	眼
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	眼
	Yunfu	眼
	Xinxing	眼
	Luoding	眼
	Yunan (Pingtai)	眼, 眼睛
	Yangjiang	眼
	Xinyi	眼
	Lianjiang	眼
	Nanning	眼, 眼睛
	Wuzhou	眼
	Yulin	眼
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	眼
	Guiping	眼
	Mengshan (Xihe)	眼
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	眼睛
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	眼
	Baise	眼睛
	Bobai	眼
	Lingshan	眼
	Pubei	眼
	Qinzhou	眼
Beihai	眼, 眼睛
Beihai (Nankang)	眼
Beihai (Yingpan)	眼
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	眼
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	眼
Ningming	眼
Hengzhou	眼
Hezhou (Pumen)	眼
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	眼
Danzhou	眼
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	眼
Singapore (Guangfu)	眼
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	眼
Móng Cái	眼
Gan	Nanchang	眼睛
	Lichuan	眼睛
	Pingxiang	眼珠
	Jianning	眼睛
	Taining	目珠
Hakka	Meixian	眼珠, 目珠
	Xingning	眼珠
	Dabu (Xihe)	目珠
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	眼, 眼睛
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	眼, 眼睛
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	眼, 眼睛
	Huiyang	眼
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	眼珠仔
	Huidong (Daling)	眼珠
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	眼珠
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	眼
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	眼
	Boluo (Bendihua)	眼, 眼睛
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	眼睛
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	眼
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	眼珠
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	眼珠, 目珠
	Wuhua (Changbu)	眼珠
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	眼, 目珠
	Wuhua (Meilin)	眼珠
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	眼, 眼睛
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	眼
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	眼
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	眼
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	眼
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	眼
	Wengyuan	眼珠
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	眼珠
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	眼
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	眼睛
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	眼
	Liannan	眼珠
	Conghua (Lütian)	眼珠
	Jiexi	目珠
	Luhe	目珠
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	目珠
	Pinghe (Jiufeng)	目珠
	Changting	目珠
	Shanghang	目珠
	Yongding	目珠
	Wuping	目珠
	Wuping (Yanqian)	目珠
	Wuping (Pingyu)	眼珠, 目珠
	Liancheng	目珠
	Ninghua	眼珠
	Qingliu	眼珠
	Yudu	眼睛
	Ningdu	眼睛
	Ruijin	眼珠
	Shicheng	眼睛
	Shangyou (Shexi)	眼珠
	Tonggu (Sandu)	眼睛
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	眼珠
	Dayu	眼珠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目珠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	目珠, 眼珠
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	目珠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	目珠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	目珠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	目珠
	Hong Kong	眼, 眼珠
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	眼
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	眼睛
	Xinyi (Sihe)	眼
Xinyi (Qianpai)	眼
Gaozhou (Xindong)	眼
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	眼
Huazhou (Xin'an)	眼
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	眼
Lianjiang (Qingping)	眼
Mengshan (Xihe)	眼睛
Luchuan	眼
Luchuan (Daqiao)	眼睛
Bobai (Shahe)	眼
Beiliu (Tang'an)	眼
Mashan (Pianlian)	眼睛
Sabah (Longchuan)	眼
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	目珠
Senai (Huiyang)	眼
Kuching (Hepo)	目珠
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	目珠
Singkawang	目珠
Singapore (Meixian)	眼珠
Singapore (Dabu)	目珠
Huizhou	Jixi	眼睛, 眼烏珠, 眼烏珠子
	Shexian	眼, 眼睛
	Tunxi	眼睛
	Xiuning	眼睛
	Yixian	眼睛
	Qimen	眼睛
	Wuyuan	眼睛
	Fuliang	眼珠兒
	Dexing	眼珠
Jin	Taiyuan	眼睛, 眼
	Pingyao	眼, 眼睛
	Xinzhou	眼
	Taibus (Baochang)	眼睛
	Linhe	眼窩, 眼, 眼睛
	Jining	眼窩, 眼
	Hohhot	眼窩
	Baotou	眼窩
	Dongsheng	眼窩
	Haibowan	眼窩
	Zhangjiakou	眼, 眼睛
	Handan	眼睛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	目睭
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	目睭
	Songxi	目睭
	Zhenghe	目睭
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	目睭
	Jianyang	目睭
	Wuyishan	目睭
	Pucheng (Shibei)	目睭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	目睭, 目
	Changle	目睭
	Lianjiang	目睭
	Fuqing	目睭
	Pingtan	目睭
	Yongtai	目睭
	Minqing	目睭
	Gutian	目睭
	Pingnan	目睭
	Luoyuan	目睭
	Fu'an	目睭
	Ningde	目睭
	Xiapu	目睭
	Zherong	目睭
	Shouning	目睭
	Zhouning	目睭
	Fuding	目睭
	Matsu	目睭
Southern Min	Xiamen	目睭, 目
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	目睭
	Quanzhou	目睭, 目
	Jinjiang	目睭
	Nan'an	目睭
	Shishi	目睭
	Hui'an	目睭
	Anxi	目睭
	Yongchun	目睭
	Dehua	目睭
	Zhangzhou	目睭, 目
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	目睭
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	目睭
	Hua'an	目睭
	Nanjing	目睭
	Pinghe	目睭
	Zhangpu	目睭
	Yunxiao	目睭
	Zhao'an	目睭
	Dongshan	目睭
	Taipei	目睭, 目睭仁
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	目睭, 目睭仁
	Kaohsiung	目睭, 目睭仁
	Yilan	目睭, 目睭仁
	Changhua (Lukang)	目睭, 目睭仁
	Taichung	目睭
	Taichung (Wuqi)	目睭
	Tainan	目睭, 目睭仁
	Taitung	目睭
	Hsinchu	目睭
	Kinmen	目睭
	Penghu (Magong)	目睭
	Penang (Hokkien)	目睭, 目
	Singapore (Hokkien)	目睭
	Manila (Hokkien)	目睭
	Longyan	目睭
	Zhangping	目睭
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	目睭
	Datian	目珠
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	目睭
	Chaozhou	目
	Shantou	目
	Shantou (Chenghai)	目
	Jieyang	目
	Lufeng	目
	Haifeng	目, 目睭
	Bangkok (Teochew)	目
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	目
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	目
	Singapore (Teochew)	目
	Pontianak (Teochew)	目
	Leizhou	目
	Wenchang	目
	Haikou	目
	Singapore (Hainanese)	目
Puxian Min	Putian	目睭
	Putian (Donghai)	目睭
	Xianyou	目睭
Central Min	Yong'an	目珠
	Sanyuan	目珠
	Shaxian	目睭
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	目珠
	Guangze	目珠
	Jiangle	目珠
	Mingxi	目珠
	Shunchang	目珠
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	目睭
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	目睭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	眼睛
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	眼睛
Shehua	Guixi (Zhangping)	眼
Shehua	Jingning	眼
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	眼珠
Wu	Shanghai	眼睛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	眼睛, 眼烏珠
	Suzhou	眼睛, 眼烏珠
	Danyang	眼睛
	Hangzhou	眼睛
	Ningbo	眼睛
	Wenzhou	眼烏珠, 眼靈珠, 眼兒珠
	Jinhua	眼睛
	Pucheng	目珠
Xiang	Changsha	眼睛
	Loudi	眼珠
	Shuangfeng	眼珠
	Quanzhou	眼睛

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (目):

→ Japanese: 目(もく) (moku)
→ Korean: 목(目) (mok)
→ Vietnamese: mục (目)

References

“目”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 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
“Entry #1864”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

目

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: もく (moku, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ぼく (boku, Jōyō ^†)
Kun: め (me, 目, Jōyō); ま (ma, 目, Jōyō ^†)
Nanori: さかん (sakan); さがん (sagan); さっか (sakka); さつか (satsuka)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
目
め Grade: 1
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 目 – see the following entry.

【め】H

目, 眼: eye

目: visually prominent feature of something:

目: small hole, like those inherent to a net-like material (between the warp and the weft)

目: short for 賽の目 (sai no me, “dice pip”).

目: (by extension) experience

目: -st, -nd, -rd, or -th, for ordinal numbers (e.g. 8th or eighth, 9th or ninth)

目: visually prominent feature of something

Alternative spelling
眼

(This term, 目, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
目
ま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 目 – see the following entry.

【ま】H	目, 眼: prefixal bound form of め (me, “eye”) Alternative spelling 眼

(This term, 目, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
目
もく Grade: 1
goon

From Middle Chinese 目 (MC mjuwk). The 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”) reading, so likely the initial Middle Chinese borrowing.

Compare modern Cantonese 目 (muk₆) and Wu 目 (moq).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もく (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

目(もく) • (moku)

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

Coordinate terms

(Taxonomy) 生物(せいぶつ)の分類(ぶんるい) (seibutsu no bunrui); ドメイン (domein, “domain”), 界(かい) (kai, “kingdom”), 門(もん) (mon, “phylum”), 綱(こう) (kō, “class”), 目(もく) (moku, “order”), 科(か) (ka, “family”), 属(ぞく) (zoku, “genus”), 種(しゅ) (shu, “species”) ^{(Category: ja:Taxonomy)}

Derived terms

目迎(もくげい) (mokugei, “turning one's gaze towards the direction from which someone is coming”)
目撃(もくげき) (mokugeki, “witnessing something”)
目今(もくこん) (mokukon), 目今(もっこん) (mokkon)
目算(もくさん) (mokusan, “eyeballing something, making a visual estimate or calculation of something”)
目(もく)視(し) (mokushi, “looking at something with one's own eyes”)
目(もく)次(じ) (mokuji, “table of contents”)
目笑(もくしょう) (mokushō, “smiling with one's eyes; smiling at one another, catching another's eye and smiling or laughing”)
目睫(もくしょう) (mokushō, “eyes and eyelashes; extremely close by”)
目食(もくしょく)耳視(じし) (mokushoku jishi, “eating with one's eyes, looking with one's ears→ choosing foods based on what they look like instead of their taste, and choosing fashions based on what people say instead of how comfortable they are → all style and no substance”)
目(もく)する (mokusuru, “to regard, to look upon”)
目銭(もくせん) (mokusen): a kind of tax levied in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods; a tax on sake bottles; a property tax based on the area of agricultural land
目前(もくぜん) (mokuzen, “right before one's eyes, right away, imminent, immediate”)
目送(もくそう) (mokusō, “following something or someone with one's eyes”)
目(もく)測(そ) (mokuso, “eyeballing a distance or length”)
目代(もくだい) (mokudai): an agent or executor of a lord starting from the late Heian period; an on-site official or deputy starting from the Kamakura period; a local administrator in the Edo period
目的(もくてき) (mokuteki, “intent, purpose, goal, objective”)
目(もく)途(と) (mokuto, “mark, guide, target”)
目(もく)睹(と) (mokuto, “witnessing something”)
目標(もくひょう) (mokuhyō, “target, goal, aim; landmark”)
目礼(もくれい) (mokurei, “greeting or acknowledging someone with one's eyes”)
目録(もくろく) (mokuroku, “list, a catalog”)
目(もく)論見(ろみ) (mokuromi), 目論(もくろん) (mokuron, “plan, a scheme, a design, a plot”)
目(もく)論(ろ)む (mokuromu, “to plan, to scheme, to design, to plot”)
目(もく)割(わ)れ (mokuware, “plot, conspiracy, or other hidden plan being exposed or found out”)
岡(おか)目(め)八目(はちもく) (okamehachimoku, “lookers-on see most of the game”, literally “Observers can read eight moves ahead while watching a game of Go from the side”)
細目(さいもく) (saimoku, “details, particulars, breakdown”)
真面(しんめん)目(もく) (shinmenmoku, “real appearance or worth of something; serious”)
新面(しんめん)目(もく) (shinmenmoku, “new appearance or look for something”)
不面(ふめん)目(もく) (fumenmoku, “dishonor, loss of face”)
面目(めんもく) (menmoku, “one's honor, one's metaphorical face; external appearance”)

Etymology 4

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

From Middle Chinese 目 (MC mjuwk). The 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Compare modern Min Nan 目 (bo̍k).

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 目 (MC mjuwk).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	목〮 (Yale: mwók)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
Text	*Gloss (hun)*	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527	눈〮 (Yale: nwún)	목〮 (Yale: mwók)