目

See also 且, 自, 耳, 貝, 見, and 罒

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Pictogram (象形): stylized depiction of the human eye, rotated 90 degrees. Compare the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁹.

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character

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

1. eye
2. look, see
3. division, topic, (biology) order

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/目
• 冒

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

目 (jyutping muk6, Yale muk6)

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Hakka

Hanzi

目 (POJ muk, Guangdong muk⁷, muk⁸; muk⁷ [Dongguan], Hagfa Pinyim mug5, mug6)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

目 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go'on: もく (moku)
• Kan'on: ぼく (boku)
• Kun: ま (ma), め (me)
• Nanori: さかん (sakan), さがん (sagan), さっか (sakka), さつか (satsuka)

Etymology 1

Old Japanese. Older, unbound form of 目 (me₂). Cognate with 見る (miru, “to see”). Never found in isolation in modern Japanese. Remains as the first syllable of various compounds.

Noun

目 (hiragana ま, romaji ma)

1. (anatomy) eye

Derived terms

Derived terms

目 (め, me): an eye (see Etymology 2) 睫 (まつげ, matsuge): eyelash 瞼 (まぶた, mabuta): eyelid 瞼 (まなぶた, manabuta): eyelid 前 (まえ, mae) 瞬く (またたく, matataku): to blink, to wink 瞬く (まばたく, mabataku): to blink, to wink 瞬ぐ (まじろぐ, majirogu): to blink, to wink 眼 (まなこ, manako): eyeball 眦 (まなじり, manajiri): corner of the eye

眼間 (まなかい, manakai): between one's eyes 眉 (まみえ, mamie): eyebrow 眉 (まゆ, mayu): eyebrow 眼差し (まなざし, manazashi): a look, gaze 血眼 (ちまなこ, chimanako): bloodshot eyes 目深 (まぶか, mabuka): wearing low over one's eyes 団栗眼 (どんぐりまなこ, donguri manako): goggle-eyes (acorn-eyes) 目の当たり (まのあたり, ma no atari): just before one's eyes 寝惚け眼 (ねぼけまなこ, neboke manako): sleepy eyes

Etymology 2

/me₂/ *[məj] > /me/ [me]. Compound of 目 (ma, unbound form) +‎ い (i, emphatic nominal particle). Now the modern Japanese term for eye.

Alternative forms

• 眼

Noun

目 (hiragana め, romaji me)

1. (anatomy) eye

   目がかゆいです。

   めがかゆいです。
   Me ga kayui desu.

   My eyes feel itchy.

Derived terms

Derived terms

目玉 (めだま, medama): eyeball 盲 (めくら, mekura): blindness 横目 (よこめ, yokome): sidelong glance 雪目 (ゆきめ, yukime): snow blindness 茶目 (ちゃめ, chame): playfulness 生真面目 (きまじめ, kimajime): person who is too serious 近眼 (ちかめ, chikame): nearsightedness 眼鏡 (めがね, megane): glasses 目付き (めつき, metsuki): look, expression of the eyes 片目 (かため, katame): one eye 血眼 (ちめ, chime): bloodshot eyes 遠眼鏡 (とおめがね, tōmegane): a telescope 黒眼鏡 (くろめがね, kuromegane): sunglasses, dark glasses 黒目 (くろめ, kurome): a black iris, an eye with large pupils or irises 色眼鏡 (いろめがね, iromegane): colored glasses 虫眼鏡 (むしめがね, mushimegane): a magnifying glass 猫目石 (ねこめいし, nekomeishi): a cat's eye (jewel) 目脂 (めやに, meyani): eye gunk 目尻 (めじり, mejiri): the corner of an eye 眼医者 (めいしゃ, meisha): an eye doctor 眼鏡屋 (めがねや, meganeya): an optician 眼鏡橋 (めがねばし, meganebashi): an arched bridge 赤目 (あかめ, akame): red eyes

Suffix

目 (hiragana め, romaji me)

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

   三本目のボトル

   さんぼんめのボトル
   san bon me no botoru

   third bottle

Etymology 3

From Middle Chinese 目. Go'on, so likely an older borrowed reading. Compare modern Cantonese /muk⁶/, or modern Wu /mʊ̆ʔ¹²/

Noun

目 (hiragana もく, romaji moku)

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

Derived terms

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): also mokkon: 目算 (もくさん, mokusan): eyeballing something, making a visual estimate or calculation of something 目視 (もくし, mokushi): looking at something with one's own eyes 目次 (もくじ, mokuji): a 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 目睫の間 (もくしょうのかん, mokushō no kan): the space between the eyes and eyelashes; extremely close by 目食耳視 (もくしょくじし, 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 目測 (もくそく, mokusoku): 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 目途 (もくと, mokuto): mark, guide, target 目睹 (もくと, mokuto): uncommon alternative for mokugeki: 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): a list, a catalog 目論見, 目論 (もくろみ, mokuromi): a plan, a scheme, a design, a plot 目論む (もくろむ, mokuromu): to plan, to scheme, to design, to plot 目割 (もくわれ, mokuware): a plot, conspiracy, or other hidden plan being exposed or found out

細目 (さいもく, saimoku): details, particulars, breakdown 真面目 (しんめんもく, shinmenboku): also shinmenboku: the real appearance or worth of something; serious 新面目 (しんめんもく, shinmenboku): also shinmenboku: a new appearance or look for something 不面目 (ふめんもく, fumenboku): alternate reading for fumenboku: dishonor, loss of face 面目 (めんもく, menmoku): alternate reading for menboku: one's honor, one's metaphorical face; external appearance

Verb

目 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana もくする, romaji moku suru)目する 目 suru

1. to regard, to look upon
2. to see, to look (uncommon)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "目する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms	Imperfective (未然形)	目し	もくし	moku shi
	Continuative (連用形)	目し	もくし	moku shi
	Terminal (終止形)	目する	もくする	moku suru
	Attributive (連体形)	目する	もくする	moku suru
	Hypothetical (仮定形)	目すれ	もくすれ	moku sure
	Imperative (命令形)	目せよ¹ 目しろ²	もくせよ¹ もくしろ²	moku seyo¹ moku shiro²
Key constructions	Passive	目される	もくされる	moku sareru
	Causative	目させる 目さす	もくさせる もくさす	moku saseru moku sasu
	Potential	目できる	もくできる	moku dekiru
	Volitional	目しよう	もくしよう	moku shiyō
	Negative	目しない	もくしない	moku shinai
	Negative continuative	目せず	もくせず	moku sezu
	Formal	目します	もくします	moku shimasu
	Perfective	目した	もくした	moku shita
	Conjunctive	目して	もくして	moku shite
	Hypothetical conditional	目すれば	もくすれば	moku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Etymology 4

From Middle Chinese 目. Kan'on, so likely a later borrowed reading. Compare modern Min Nan /bo̍k/.

Only used in compounds.

Affix

目 (hiragana ぼく, romaji boku)

1. an eye
2. a look or appearance

Derived terms

Derived terms

瞬目 (しゅんぼく, shunboku): the blink of an eye, a moment, an instant 真面目 (しんめんぼく, shinmenboku): alternate reading for shinmenmoku: the real appearance or worth of something; serious 新面目 (しんめんぼく, shinmenboku): alternate reading for shinmenmoku: a new appearance or look for something 不面目 (ふめんぼく, fumenboku): also fumenmoku: dishonor, loss of face 面目 (めいぼく, meiboku): alternate reading for menboku (see below) 面目 (めんぼく, menboku): also menmoku: one's honor, one's metaphorical face; external appearance

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Korean

Hanja

目
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 목 (revised: mok, McCune-Reischauer: mok, Yale: mok)

• Name (hangeul): 눈 (revised: nun, McCune-Reischauer: nun)

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Mandarin

Etymology

Middle Chinese 入 (mjuk), Old Chinese *mjəkʷ. Cognate with Old Tibetan མིག (mig, “eye”).

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

目 (pinyin mù (mu4), Wade-Giles mu⁴)

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Compounds

• 目不见睫
• 目不交睫
• 目不忍睹
• 目不识丁
• 目不暇接
• 目不斜视
• 目不转睛
• 目测
• 目次
• 目瞪口呆
• 目的
• 目的地
• 目的论
• 目睹
• 目光
• 目光如豆
• 目光如炬
• 目击
• 目见
• 目今
• 目空一切
• 目力
• 目力表
• 目录
• 目迷五色
• 目前
• 目送
• 目无法纪
• 目无余子
• 目下
• 目眩
• 目中无人
• 目犍连
• 嚙齒目動物

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Vietnamese

Han character

目 (mục, mụt)

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