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目

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noun #7,051

Meanings

  1. 1 eye (literary)
  2. 2 item; entry; list
  3. 3 topic; subject

Examples

这个节目很好看。
Zhège jiémù hěn hǎokàn.
This program is very good.
这本书的目录在哪？
Zhè běn shū de mùlù zài nǎ?
Where is the table of contents for this book?

Tips

usage
目 is a key radical and component: 节目 (jiémù, program/show), 目录 (mùlù, catalog/contents), 目标 (mùbiāo, goal/target), 目前 (mùqián, currently), 题目 (tímù, title/topic), 项目 (xiàngmù, project).
history
目 is a pictograph of an eye turned sideways. As a radical, it appears in many vision-related characters: 看 (kàn), 眼 (yǎn), 睛 (jīng), 睡 (shuì).

Stroke Order

目 mù