Spot 目
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
Visual pattern
目 component
mù · eye; to look, to see; division, topic
A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.
A repeatable reading move
How to use 目
Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.
Compare the visual pattern
Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.
Check what changes
Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.
Shared clue目Visual pattern
Read the pattern before memorizing the list
Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.
The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.
Compare the family
What stays the same, what changes?
Each card keeps 目 visible while showing the other building blocks and the completed character.
着=
羊
看=
手
睡=
+垂
自=
眼=
+艮
省=
少
直=
十+一
冒=
日
盯=
+丁
瞧=
+焦
瞎=
+害
睁=
+争
More characters to try
Open any character for animation, writing feedback, examples, and a printable worksheet.
泪lèi盼pàn瞒mán瞪dèng眨zhǎ眯mī瞅chǒu貝bèi見jiàn具jù盲máng苜mù盱xū眈dān盹dǔn盾dùn狊jú眍kōu眉méi眄miǎn眇miǎo県xiàn相xiāng眔dà眬lóng眠mián钼mù眚shěng眩xuàn窅yǎo眙yí眢yuān眵chī眷juàn眶kuàng眳míng眽mò眸móu眭suī眺tiào眥zì眦zì睇dì鼎dǐng睑jiǎn睏kùn睐lài睃suō睬cǎi督dū睹dǔ睫jié睛jīng睞lài瞄miáo睦mù睨nì睥pì睢suī睚yá睜zhēng睽kuí瞀mào瞇mī睿ruì瞍sǒu瞋chēn瞓shuì瞌kē瞢méng瞑míng瞈wěng瞠chēng瞰kàn瞘kōu瞜lōu瞞mán瞟piǎo瞥piē瞭liǎo瞵lín瞬shùn瞳tóng瞩zhǔ瞽gǔ瞼jiǎn瞿jù瞻zhān矇méng矓lóng矚zhǔ
Move into vocabulary
Words you can read next
These words contain characters from the 目 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.
好看hǎokàn
good-looking
HSK 3.0 · L1看kànto see
HSK 3.0 · L1看病kànbìngto visit a doctor
HSK 3.0 · L1看见kànjiànto see
HSK 3.0 · L1睡shuìto sleep
HSK 3.0 · L1睡觉shuìjiàoto go to bed
HSK 3.0 · L1眼睛yǎnjingeye
HSK 3.0 · L2着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
HSK 3.0 · L2自己zìjǐoneself
HSK 3.0 · L2感冒gǎnmàoto catch cold
HSK 3.0 · L3看来kànláiapparently
HSK 3.0 · L3来自láizìto come from
HSK 3.0 · L3