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).

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目 character breakdown

目
- 二
  - 一
- 囗

二

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).

囗

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

盼

pàn = p + an4

to hope for / to long for / to expect

盼 = 分 + 目 : Pinocchio (p) has been occupying the anthill's toilet (an4) for quite some time now, and the Eye of Providence (目) seriously hopes (盼) for Pinocchio to finish soon. The Eye of Providence is already looking at a stop watch (分) to see how long Pinocchio actually blocked the toilet, but it expects him to come out any minute (分) now.

瞅

chǒu = ch + ou3

(dialect) to look at

瞅 = 目 + 秋 : The Eye of Providence (目) and Charlie Chaplin (ch) are looking at (瞅) their autumn (秋) harvest: only a single pumpkin. They look (瞅) at each other worriedly and wonder how they will survive winter in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

瞅

矁

chǒu = ch + ou3

old variant of 瞅[chou3]

盲

máng = m + ang2

blind

盲 = 亡 + 目 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) dropped a tombstone (亡) on the Eye of Providence (目) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) and now it's blind (盲).

瞎

xia̅ = xi + a1

blind / groundlessly / foolishly / to no purpose

瞎 = 害 + 目 : Calamity Jane (害) surprises the Eye of Providence (目) for no specific reason (瞎) in front of the ashram (a1) by blinding (瞎) it from behind with her hands. The Eye of Providence takes a wild guess (瞎) and exclaims that it must be Marie Curie (xi) blinding him, which makes Calamity Jane very jealous.

盹

dǔn = du + (e)n3

doze / nap

盹 = 目 + 屯 : The Eye of Providence (目) wants to nap (盹) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3), but Doggy Dog (du) keeps sticking a trident (屯) in its eye because he wants to go for a walk.

盾

dùn = du + (e)n4

shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)

盾 = ⺁ + 十 + 目 : Doggy Dog (du) urgently has to visit the bathroom so he storms into the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) to pee on the banana tree (⺁), but the eye of providence (目) is determined to protect the tree standing guard armed with a cross (十) and protected by a shield (盾). The eye of providence is so determined to stop Doggy Dog because it'll have to clean the bathroom later.

督

du̅ = du + Ø1

(bound form) to supervise

督

du̅ = du + Ø1

to supervise and direct / army title (archaic)

督 = 叔 + 目 : Arthur Schopenhauer (叔) is walking Doggy Dog (du) in front of the space station (Ø1). He would be pretty relaxed weren't it for the Eye of Providence (目) constantly supervising (督) him about picking up the poo-poos.

睹

覩

dǔ = du + Ø3

old variant of 睹[du3]

睹 = 目 + 者 : The Eye of Providence (目) is witnessing with its own eye (睹) the Sun King (者) making out with Doggy Dog (du) in the space station (Ø3).

睹