目
mù
#239 most
frequent character
eye, (literary) to look, to regard
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
目 is a drawing of a human eye and first meant 'eye'. From there it grew to 'sight', then 'a specific item', and then 'a list of items' or 'theme'. When it appears in other characters, it is often written 罒.
Drawn as: human eye
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