目

目 U+76EE, 目 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76EE ← 盭 [U+76ED] CJK Unified Ideographs 盯 → [U+76EF]

⽬ U+2F6C, ⽬ KANGXI RADICAL EYE ← ⽫ [U+2F6B] Kangxi Radicals ⽭ → [U+2F6D]

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

1. Kangxi radical #109, ⽬.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/目
• 泪, 㺺, 鉬(钼), 自, 苜, 冒, 㾇, 窅, 㸔, 䆩, 夐, 敻
• 見, 貝, 具, 狊, 鼎, 䢥, 繉, 䕎, 霿

• 𦥷, 曼, 夢, 蔑, 德

• 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

simp. and trad.		目
alternative forms		𥃦 𡇡 𥆤 ⿵𦉪山

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

See also 直, 真, 見, 頁, 夏, 面, 臣 and the earlier versions of 要. The eye is not rotated in the character 𢛳, 曼, 睪, and 眔 (used in 褱).

Sometimes it depicts a web (网) through its variant 罒, e.g., 買, 罵, 罪, 詈 (used in 罰) and 羅 (> 罗). Unrelated to 鼎 and 貝.

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

目

1. (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

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) eyesight
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to look; to view; to see
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to wink at
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to judge; to comment on
6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) opinion; viewpoint
7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to view as; to regard
8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) item; entry

   賬目／账目  ―  zhàngmù  ―  entry

9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) title; headline
10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) section
11. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) list; catalogue; table of contents

    目錄／目录  ―  mùlù  ―  catalogue

12. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) name
13. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) target; goal

    目標／目标  ―  mùbiāo  ―  target

    目的  ―  mùdì  ―  target, goal

14. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) chief; head; leader
15. (taxonomy) order
16. (Classical) to call; to address (of people's names and titles)

    Synonym: 稱呼 / 称呼 (chēnghū)

17. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, obsolete or Hokkien) hole; cavity; eyelet
18. (Hokkien) joint; knot; lump

    柴目 [Hokkien]  ―  chhâ-ba̍k [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  lumps on wood

19. (Hokkien) Classifier for segments, such as sugar cane.
20. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for pieces in Go.

• “目”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 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
• “目”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• 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)

Kanji in this term
目
Grade: 1

Alternative spelling
眼

⟨me₂⟩ → */məɨ/ → /me/

From Old Japanese,^[1] from Proto-Japonic *mai. Cognate with 目(ま) (ma, bound form). Now the modern Japanese term for eye.

Probably cognate with 見る (miru, “to see, to look”).^[1]

May also be cognate with 芽 (me, “bud, shoot”),^[1] perhaps from the “visually prominent feature” sense, and with suppositional / volitional verb suffix む (mu) (presenting in modern Japanese verb conjugations as the -ō or -yō endings), perhaps from the “seem like, look like” sense.

• (non-productive, bound form)
  • (prefixal) ま (ma)

• (Tokyo) め [méꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [me̞]

目(め) • (me) 

1. [from 712] 目, 眼: eye

   目(め)がかゆいです。

   Me ga kayui desu.

   My eyes feel itchy.

   眠(ねむ)そうな目(め)をする、眠(ねむ)そうな目(め)をこする

   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. [from 720] visually prominent feature of something:
   1. [from 720] small hole, like those inherent to a net-like material (between the warp and the weft)

      Hyponym: おりめ (orime)

      ミシン目(め)

      mishin-me

      perforation

      細(ほそ)目・荒(め・あら)目(め)

      hosome arame

      small hole; large hole

   2. [from 759] short for 賽の目 (sai no me, “dice pip”)
      • 2015 January 10, “悪(あく)魔(ま)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(いち)：サイコロを１(いっ)回(かい)振(ふ)る。相(あい)手(て)フィールドのモンスターの攻(こう)撃(げき)力・守(りょく・しゅ)備(び)力(りょく)は、ターン終(しゅう)了(りょう)時(じ)まで出(で)た目(め)の数(かず)×(かける)100( ひゃく)ダウンする。

        Ichi: Saikoro o ikkai furu. Aite 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(いち)：サイコロを１(いっ)回(かい)振(ふ)り、出(で)た目(め)の効(こう)果(か)を適(てき)用(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.

   3. [from late 900s] (by extension) experience

      Synonym: 体験

      痛(いた)い目(め)に遭(あ)う

      itai me ni au

      to go through something terrible

      酷(ひど)い目(め)に遭(あ)う

      hidoi me ni au

      to meet a terrible fate

      大変(たいへん)な目(め)に遭(あ)う

      taihen na me ni au

      experience something serious

目(め) • (-me) 

1. [from early 1400s] -st, -nd, -rd, or -th, for ordinal numbers (e.g. 8th or eighth, 9th or ninth)

   三本(さんぼん)目(め)のボトル

   sanbon-me no botoru

   third bottle

2. [from late 1800s] visually prominent feature of something

   結(むす)び目(め)、編(あ)み目(め)、効(き)き目(め)

   musubime, amime, kikime

   knot (literally, “tying + [visual feature]”), stitch (literally, “knitting + [visual feature]”), effect or efficacy (literally, “working, having an effect + [visual feature]”)

3. め: (attached to verb or i-adjective roots to produce na-adjectives, not productive with verbs) to a more exaggerated degree

   ‎多い (ooi) + ‎め (-me) + ‎目 → ‎多め (oome)

   ‎控える (hikaeru) + ‎め (-me) + ‎目 → ‎控えめ (hikaeme)

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

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

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

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

Kanji in this term
目
もく Grade: 1
goon

From Middle Chinese 目 (MC mjuwk). Compare modern Cantonese 目 (muk₆) and Wu 目 (moq).

• (Tokyo) もく [móꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [mo̞kɯ̟]

目(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

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

From Middle Chinese 目 (MC mjuwk). Compare modern Min Nan 目 (bo̍k).

• IPA^(key): [bo̞kɯ̟]

目(ぼく) • (boku) 

1. eye
2. look, appearance

From Middle Chinese 目 (MC mjuwk).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	목〮 (Yale: mwók)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2]	눈〮 (Yale: nwún)	목〮 (Yale: mwók)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [목]

Wikisource

目 (eumhun 눈 목 (nun mok))

1. hanja form^? of 목 (“eye”) [affix]
2. hanja form^? of 목 (“(taxonomy) class”) [noun]

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: みー (mī, 目)

Cognate with mainland Japanese 目(め) (me, “eye”).

目(みー) (mī) 

1. eye
2. sight

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: むぃー (mïi, 目)

Cognate with mainland Japanese 目(め) (me, “eye”).

目(むぃー) (mïi) 

1. eye
2. sight

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: みー (mī, 目)

Cognate with mainland Japanese 目(め) (me, “eye”).

目(みー) (mī) 

1. eye
2. sight

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: むぃー (mïi, 目)

Cognate with mainland Japanese 目(め) (me, “eye”).

目(むぃー) (mïi) 

1. eye
2. sight

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: むぃー (mwī, 目)

Cognate with mainland Japanese 目(め) (me, “eye”).

目(むぃー) (mwī) 

1. eye
2. sight

• 𤶽 (mụt)^[1]

目: Hán Việt readings: mục (莫(mạc)六(lục)切(thiết))^[2][3][1][4]
目: Nôm readings: mục^[2][1][4][5], mụt^[6][1]

1. chữ Hán form of mục (“item”)