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U+76EE, 目
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76EE

[U+76ED]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+76EF]

Translingual

Stroke order
5 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

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

  1. Kangxi radical #109, .

Derived characters

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.
alternative forms 𥃦
𡇡
𥆤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
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

Pictogram (象形) – human eye, now rotated 90 degrees. Compare 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


Note:
  • mĕk/mĕ̤k - colloquial;
  • mŭk - literary.
Note:
  • ba̍k - colloquial;
  • bo̍k - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
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/
Tunxi /mo¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /mo²⁴/
Xiangtan /mo²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /muʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /muk̚¹/
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/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
muk6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjuwk ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.m(r)[u]k/
English eye

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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
Reading # 1/1
No. 9333
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*muɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage)

  1. (literary or Min) eye
    See also:
      ―  ěr  ―  ears and eyes; spies
  2. eyesight
  3. to look; to view; to see
  4. to wink at
  5. to judge; to comment on
  6. opinion; viewpoint
  7. to view as; to regard
  8. hole; eyelet
  9. item; entry
  10. title; headline
  11. section
  12. list; catalogue; table of contents
  13. name
  14. target; goal
    •   ―  biāo  ―  target
    •   ―    ―  target, goal
  15. chief; head; leader
  16. (taxonomy) order
  17. (Classical) to call; to address (of people's names and titles)
    Template:zh-syn

Synonyms

  • (eye):

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (もく) (moku)
  • Korean: 목(目) (mok)
  • Vietnamese: mục ()

Compounds

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Further reading

(deprecated template usage)


Japanese

Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

⟨me2 → */məɨ//me/

From Old Japanese.[1] Shift from ma below, formed through fusion of (ma, unbound form) +‎ (i, emphatic nominal particle). Now the modern Japanese term for eye.

May also be cognate with (me, bud, shoot),[1] perhaps from the “visually prominent feature” sense.

Pronunciation

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Alternative forms

Noun

() (me

  1. an eye
    ()かゆいです。
    Me ga kayui desu.
    My eyes feel itchy.
    (ねむ)そうな()する(ねむ)そうな()こする
    nemusō na me o suru, nemusō na me o kosuru
    to have a sleepy look on one's face (eyes that look sleepy), to rub sleepy eyes
  2. visually prominent feature of something:
    1. Short for 賽の目 (sai no me, dice pip).
      • 2015 January 10, “(あく)()のサイコロ [Demon’s Die]”, in 決闘者の栄光 -記憶の断片- side:武藤遊戯 [Duelist Road -Piece of Memory- side: Mutō Yūgi], Konami:
        ①:サイコロを(いっ)(かい)()る。(あい)()フィールドのモンスターの(こう)(げき)力・守(りょく・しゅ)()(りょく)は、ターン(しゅう)(りょう)()まで()()数×100(かず×ひゃく)ダウンする。
        Ichi: Saikoro o ikkai furu. Jibun fīrudo no monsutā no kōgekiryoku shubiryoku wa, tān shūryōji made deta me no kazu kakeru hyaku daun suru.
        1: Roll a die once. Until the end of this turn, the attack and defense strength of the monsters on your opponent’s field decreases by the result × 100.
      • 2015 September 19, “サイコロン [Dicyclone]”, in STRUCTURE DECK R -真帝王降臨- [STRUCTURE DECK R -Advent of the True Sovereign-], Konami:
        ①:サイコロを(いっ)(かい)()り、()()(こう)()(てき)(よう)する。
        Ichi: Saikoro o ikkai furi, deta me no kōka o tekiyō suru.
        1: Roll a die once, then apply an effect accordingly to the result.
    2. experience
      Synonym: 体験
      (いた)()()
      itai me ni au
      to go through something terrible
      (ひど)()()
      hidoi me ni au
      to meet a terrible fate
      大変(たいへん)()()
      taihen na me ni au
      experience something serious
Derived terms

Suffix

() or (suffix) (me or suffix[[Category:Japanese Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: Invalid part of speech.
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  1. -st, -nd, -rd, or -th, for ordinal numbers (e.g. 8th or eighth, 9th or ninth)
    三本(さんぼん)()のボトル
    sanbon-me no botoru
    third bottle
  2. visually prominent feature of something
    (むす)()()()()()
    musubime, amime, kikime
    knot (literally, “tying + [visual feature]”), stitch (literally, “knitting + [visual feature]”), effect or efficacy (literally, “working, having an effect + [visual feature]”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese[1] as the older, unbound form of (me2).

Cognate with 見る (miru, to see). Never found in isolation in modern Japanese. Remains as the first syllable of various compounds.

Pronunciation

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Noun

() (ma

  1. Combining form of (me) above
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
もく
Grade: 1
goon

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

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

(もく) (moku

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

Verb

(もく)する (moku surusuru (stem (もく) (moku shi), past (もく)した (moku shita))

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

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
ぼく
Grade: 1
kan'on

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

Compare modern Min Nan (bo̍k).

Only used in compounds.

Pronunciation

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Affix

(ぼく) or (affix) (boku or affix[[Category:Japanese Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: Invalid part of speech.
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  1. eye
  2. look, appearance
Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun (nun mok))

  1. Hanja form? of (eye; to look, to see; division, topic).

Compounds


Northern Amami-Oshima

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese (me, eye).

Kanji

(hiragana むぃー, romaji )

Noun

(hiragana むぃー, romaji )

  1. eye
  2. sight

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese (me, eye).

Kanji

(hiragana みー, romaji )

Noun

(hiragana みー, romaji )

  1. eye
  2. sight

Derived terms


Southern Amami-Oshima

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese (me, eye).

Kanji

(hiragana むぃー, romaji )

Noun

(hiragana むぃー, romaji )

  1. eye
  2. sight

Derived terms


Toku-No-Shima

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese (me, eye).

Kanji

(hiragana むぃー, romaji )

Noun

(hiragana むぃー, romaji )

  1. eye
  2. sight

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: mục ((mạc)(lục)(thiết))[2][3][1][4]
: Nôm readings: mục[2][1][4][5], mụt[6][1]

  1. chữ Hán form of mục (item).

Compounds

References