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目eye

eye. 5 strokes. 16 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.

Meaning eyeStrokes 5Characters 16

How to write 目

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Stroke order chart for the 目 radical — 5 strokes

What it tells you about a character

Of the 16 characters below, 8 are pictophonetic with 目 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.

The 16 characters

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 目 family

HSK 2 · 10

着zhe目mù看kàn省shěng睡shuì相xiāng眼yǎn睛jing直zhí真zhēn

HSK 5 · 3

盾dùn瞧qiáo眠mián

HSK 6 · 3

督dū盲máng盼pàn

Words they appear in

接(jiē)着(zhe)then, continuing on
紧跟在前一个动作之后
节(jié)目(mù)program, performance
舞台上表演给大家看的内容
看(kàn)法(fǎ)view, opinion
对某件事情所持有的想法
目(mù)的(dì)purpose, goal
想要达到的结果或想法
难(nán)看(kàn)ugly, unsightly
样子不好看，让人不喜欢
省(shěng)province
指国家下面一级行政区域
午(wǔ)睡(shuì)to nap
指中午小睡一会儿
相(xiàng)机(jī)camera
指用来拍摄照片的设备
相(xiāng)同(tóng)identical, same
指彼此完全一样，没有差别
相(xiāng)信(xìn)to believe
指认定某件事是真实的
眼(yǎn)eye
脸上用来看东西的器官
眼(yǎn)睛(jing)eyes
脸上用来看东西的两个器官
一(yī)直(zhí)continuously, all along
表示动作或状态持续不间断
真(zhēn)正(zhèng)genuine, true
指确确实实、名副其实的