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

目 as a component in other characters

sound3 characters
empty2 characters

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