Mnemonic comic for 目

Translation

mù = mu + Ø4: eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: the Eye of Providence (目). Malte Monkey (mu-) is unpacking an enclosure (囗) full of capacitors (二). He's afraid that the Eye of Providence (目) will see him, so he does it secretly in the space station's bathroom (-Ø4).

目 character breakdown

目
- 二
  - 一
- 囗

èr = Ø + Ø4

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

二 = 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor, because the two strokes remind me of the symbol in electrical drawings. Albert Einstein (Ø) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).

wéi = w + ei2

enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

Characters with 目 as component

chǒu = ch + ou3

old variant of 瞅[chou3]

zuǎn = zu + an3

variant of 纂[zuan3] / to compile

zuǎn = zu + an3

(literary) to compile (variant of 纂[zuan3])

kàn = k + an4

variant of 瞰[kan4]

zhuàn = zhu + an4

old variant of 饌|馔[zhuan4]

jiàn = ji + an4

to spy

ài = Ø + ai4

variant of 曖|暧[ai4]

pín = pi + (e)n2

to glare angrily / to open the eyes with anger / variant of 顰|颦, to scowl / to knit the brows

lóng = lu + (e)ng2

see 矇矓|蒙眬[meng2 long2]

guàn = gu + an4

brilliant (of eyes)

yǎo = y + ao3

sunken eyes / deep and hollow / remote and obscure / variant of 杳[yao3]

zhuàn = zhu + an4

to compose / to compile / food / delicacies

suǎn = su + an3

ancient bamboo basket for food / variant of 匴[suan3] / bamboo container for hats

Words with 目

obvious at a glance (idiom)

obvious at a glance (idiom)

dazzling / brilliant

lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees

ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly

(marked) price / tariff (in a restaurant etc)

imam (Islam) (loanword)

repertory / repertoire / repertory item

to raise eyebrows / to cast sidelong glances (expressing fear or indignation) / shocked / surprised

Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)

(idiom) too appalling to look at

to grieve / broken-hearted

lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)

see 刮目相看[gua1 mu4 xiang1 kan4]

unbearable to look at / an eyesore

unobtrusive

lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom) / fig. can't see the forest for the trees

The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[Wu2 Jian3 ren2]

suborder (taxonomy)

Coraciiformes, class of birds including kingfishers and hornbills

Sentences with 目

目 currently does not appear in any sentence.