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

瞩

矚

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

to gaze at / to stare at

瞩 = 属 + 目 : The Eye of Providence (目) just caught Julian Giant Squid (zhu) and the T-Rex ghost (属) doing it in the middle of the space station (Ø3) and can't help but stare (瞩) at them with its eye wide open.

睘

qióng = qu + (e)ng2

variant of 瞏[qiong2]

苜

mù = mu + Ø4

clover

瞿

qú = qu + Ø2

surname Qu

瞿

qú = qu + Ø2

startled / Taiwan pr. [ju4]

瞳

tóng = tu + (e)ng2

pupil of the eye

眶

kuàng = ku + ang4

eye socket

眶 = 匡 + 目 : To appear ever so young, the Eye of Providence (目) has Karl Koala (ku) install rectifiers (匡) in the corners of its eye socket (眶) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4).

眺

tiào = ti + ao4

to gaze into the distance

瞰

kàn = k + an4

to look down from a height / to spy on sth

瞰

矙

kàn = k + an4

variant of 瞰[kan4]

睇

dì = di + Ø4