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<WL>目 [mù] eye; 目前 mùqián at present; 目的 mùdì goal
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<WL>目 [mù] eye (耳目 ‘ears and eyes’); 目光 vision; 目前 at present; 目的 goal; 项目 item; 目录 catalog; (radical 109, 目部)@@; (HDZ:) …
 
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Picture of an 罒 eye, turned sideways 目.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 目(􀣽) mù ‘eye’ is said to depict a human eye (人的眼睛); the outside enclosure 囗(􁃰) represents the ‘eyelids/lashes’, and inside the double horizontal lines 二(􂘚) represent the ‘iris/pupil’ (瞳子); formerly wr. 𡇡(􀣾) mù ‘eye’, with a shape like 囗(􁃰) representing the ‘face (eye socket)’, and inside a shape 入(􀸾) for the ‘eyebrow/eyelash’ (cf. 睂/眉) over 日(􁈏) ‘eyeball’ (an old abbrev. form that looks like ‘sun’).
#rG.459.11 W.158a H.72 K.AD644,GSR1036a D.4.2467.1 L.29 M.4596 KX..798.25 B.014.1.05
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Older graphs associated with 目(􀣽􀣾𡇡) are horizontal like (the canthi ‘corners of the eye’ are left and right); this orientation is apparent in some modern compounds (see below).
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Compare: 𥄳(􀤮眔), 蜀(􂕆), 眾(􁙬𥅫), 瞏(􀤦), 睪(􁰽𥇡), 𠍺(􀺲), 奰(􁱞𡚤).
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Compare: 眉(􀥹睂) méi ‘eyebrow/eyelash’; 首(􁡞𩠐) shǒu ‘hairy head’, 𦣻(􁡖) shǒu ‘head’ (old abbrev. form); 自(􀥿𦣹) zì ‘nose’ (鼻子); 𦣞(􂄖𦣝􂄗頤) yí ‘jaws/chin’.
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Compare: 囧(􁊗) jiǒng ‘bright (window)’, 明(􁊕􁊔朙) míng ‘bright’, 囱(􁯴囪) cōng/chuāng ‘vent/window’ (窗); 贝(􁄑貝) bèi ‘cowrie (sea snail; seashell)’.
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Compare: (􀣽􀣾𡇡) mù ← MC /mjuk/; 牧(􀣚𤘴) mù ‘herder (herd/tend livestock)’ ← MC /mjuk/; 母(􂉝) mǔ ‘mother’ ← MC /muʔ/ (SBGY).
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Compare: 觅/覓(􁾯覛􁾰𧡒𧠘) mì ‘glance at (to eye)’ ← MC /mek/mik/ (SBGY).
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HDZ: 目 : mù : (SW: 人眼) 人的眼睛; 看, 注视; 以目表示愤懑; 以目示意; 看待; 看法; 看重; 眼力, 眼界; 孔眼; 要目, 条目; 目录; 名, 名目; 称, 称呼; 标题; 品评, 品题; 首领, 头领; 树木枝干纹理纠结不顺的部位; (姓)
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#rG.459.11 W.158a H.72 K.AD644,GSR1036a D.4.2467.1 L.29 M.4596 KX..798.25 B.014.1.05 WHY...11 E.1
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Latest revision as of 07:52, 10 September 2019

[] eye (​目 ‘ears and eyes’); 目​ vision; 目​ at present; 目​ goal; ​目 item; 目​ catalog; (radical 109, 目​); (HDZ:) …

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 目 mù ‘eye’ is said to depict a human eye (​); the outside enclosure ​ represents the ‘eyelids/lashes’, and inside the double horizontal lines ​ represent the ‘iris/pupil’ (​); formerly wr. ​𡇡 mù ‘eye’, with a shape like ​ representing the ‘face (eye socket)’, and inside a shape ​ for the ‘eyebrow/eyelash’ (cf. ​/​) over ​ ‘eyeball’ (an old abbrev. form that looks like ‘sun’).
    Older graphs associated with 目(​𡇡) are horizontal like ​ (the canthi ‘corners of the eye’ are left and right); this orientation is apparent in some modern compounds (see below).
    Compare: ​𥄳(​), ​, ​(​𥅫), ​, ​(​𥇡), ​𠍺, ​(​𡚤).
    Compare: ​(​) méi ‘eyebrow/eyelash’; ​(​𩠐) shǒu ‘hairy head’, ​𦣻 shǒu ‘head’ (old abbrev. form); ​(​𦣹) zì ‘nose’ (​); ​𦣞(​𦣝) yí ‘jaws/chin’.
    Compare: ​ jiǒng ‘bright (window)’, ​(​) míng ‘bright’, ​(​) cōng/chuāng ‘vent/window’ (​); ​(​) bèi ‘cowrie (sea snail; seashell)’.
    Compare: 目(​𡇡) mù ← MC /mjuk/; ​(​𤘴) mù ‘herder (herd/tend livestock)’ ← MC /mjuk/; ​ mǔ ‘mother’ ← MC /muʔ/ (SBGY).
    Compare: ​/​(​𧡒𧠘) mì ‘glance at (to eye)’ ← MC /mek/mik/ (SBGY).
    HDZ: 目 : mù : (SW: ​) ​; ​, ​; ​目​; ​目​; ​; ​; ​; ​, ​; ​; ​目, ​目; 目​; ​, ​目; ​, ​; ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​; (​)
►references: Guǎngyùn:459.11; Wieger:158a; Henshall:72; Karlgren:AD644,GSR1036a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2467.1; Lindqvist:29; Mathews:4596; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:798.25; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:014.1.05; Wáng(1993):11; EDOC:1
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