Radical 109
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 109 | uni |
| meaning | eye |
| pny | mù |
| bopo | ㄇㄨˋ |
| gr | muh |
| wade | mu4 |
| jyutping | muk6 |
| yale | muhk |
| cn | 目字旁 mùzìpáng and added 眼睛 YANJiNG |
| onyomi | ボク boku / モク moku |
| kunyomi | め me |
| jp | 目/め me |
| (Left) 目偏/めへん mehen | |
| hang | 눈 nun |
| hanja | 목 mok |
| :: |
|109|uni=76EE |meaning= eye |pny= mù |bopo= ㄇㄨˋ |gr= muh |wade= mu4 |jyutping= muk6 |yale= muhk |cn= 目字旁 mùzìpáng and added 眼睛 YANJiNG |onyomi= ボク boku / モク moku |kunyomi= め me |jp= 目/め me (Left) 目偏/めへん mehen |hang= 눈 nun |hanja= 목 mok
Radical 109 or radical eye (目部) meaning "eye" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 647 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
目 is also the 105th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:目-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:目-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:目-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:目-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 目 |
| +2 | 盯 |
| +3 | 盰 盱 盲 盳 直 盵 |
| +4 | 盶 盷 相 盹 盺 盻 盼 盽 盾 盿 眀 省 眂 眃 眄 眅 眆 眇 眈 眉 眊 看 県 眍 |
| +5 | 眎 眏 眐 眑 眒 眓 眔 眕 眖 眗 眘 眙 眚 眛 眜 眝 眞 真 眠 眡 眢 眣 眤 眥 眦 眧 眨 眩 眪 眫 眬 眿 |
| +6 | 眭 眮 眯 眰 眱 眲 眳 眴 眵 眶 眷 眸 眹 眺 眻 眼 眽 眾 |
| +7 | 着 睁 睂 睃 睄 睅 睆 睇 睈 睉 睊 睋 睌 睍 睎 睏 睐 睑 |
| +8 | 睒 睓 睔 睕 睖 睗 睘 睙 睚 睛 睜 睝 睞 睟 睠 睡 睢 督 睤 睥 睦 睧 睨 睩 睪 睫 睬 睭 |
| +9 | 煛 睮 睯 睰 睱 睲 睳 睴 睵 睶 睸 睹 睺 睻 睼 睽 睾 睿 瞀 瞁 瞂 瞃 瞄 瞅 瞆 |
| +10 | 瞇 瞈 瞉 瞊 瞋 瞌 瞍 瞎 瞏 瞐 瞑 瞒 瞓 |
| +11 | 瞔 瞕 瞖 瞗 瞘 瞙 瞚 瞛 瞜 瞝 瞞 瞟 瞠 瞡 瞢 瞣 |
| +12 | 瞤 瞥 瞦 瞧 瞨 瞩 瞪 瞫 瞬 瞭 瞮 瞯 瞰 瞱 瞲 瞳 瞴 瞵 瞶 瞷 |
| +13 | 瞸 瞹 瞺 瞻 瞼 瞽 瞾 瞿 矀 矁 矂 |
| +14 | 矃 矄 矅 矆 矇 矈 矉 矊 |
| +15 | 矋 矌 矍 矎 矏 |
| +16 | 矐 矑 矒 矓 |
| +18 | 矔 |
| +19 | 睷 矕 矗 |
| +20 | 矘 矙 |
| +21 | 矖 矚 |
| :: |
Sinogram
In isolation it is a Chinese character meaning eye. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji.
References
References
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