⽬

eye

mù (mu4)

Radical no. 109 · 5 strokes (第 109 部首 · 5 画 dì 109 bùshǒu · 5 huà)

Radical ⽬ (mù) — meaning: eye, 5 strokes.

Origin & mnemonic

The eye radical originates from a pictograph depicting a human eye, with two horizontal strokes representing the eyelids and a vertical stroke in the middle representing the pupil. This form appears early in oracle-bone and seal script.

Mnemonic: The glyph resembles an actual eye with horizontal strokes like eyelids and a vertical stroke like the pupil—a direct visual memory hook.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

88 characters

Stroke count

All strokes1-3 strokes4-6 strokes7-10 strokes11+ strokes

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Stroke count (default)FrequencyHSK levelRandom
  • 瞅chǒu

    (dialect) to look at

    HSK 7

    14 strokes

  • 睿ruì

    variant of 睿[rui4]

    14 strokes

  • 䁖lōu

    to glance at

    14 strokes

  • 睯hūn

    gloomy; depressed

    14 strokes

  • 睺hóu

    (appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit)

    14 strokes

  • 睽kuí

    separated

    14 strokes

  • 睾gāo

    (bound form) testicle

    14 strokes

  • 瞀mào

    indistinct vision

    14 strokes

  • 瞍sǒu

    blind

    14 strokes

  • 瞎xiā

    blind

    HSK 7

    15 strokes

  • 瞒mán

    to conceal from

    HSK 7

    15 strokes

  • 瞏qióng

    (literary) to gaze in terror

    15 strokes

  • 瞈wěng

    see 瞈矇|瞈蒙[weng3 meng2]

    15 strokes

  • 瞋chēn

    (literary) to stare angrily; to glare

    15 strokes

  • 瞌kē

    used in 瞌睡[ke1 shui4]

    15 strokes

  • 瞑míng

    to close (the eyes)

    15 strokes

  • 瞢méng

    eyesight obscured

    15 strokes

  • 瞕zhàng

    cataract in the eye

    16 strokes

  • 眍kōu

    to sink in (of eyes)

    16 strokes

  • 瞟piǎo

    to cast a glance

    16 strokes

  • 瞠chēng

    stare at sth beyond reach

    16 strokes

  • 瞥piē

    to shoot a glance

    16 strokes

  • 瞰kàn

    variant of 瞰[kan4]

    16 strokes

  • 了le

    (completed action marker)

    HSK 1

    17 strokes

  • 瞧qiáo

    to look at

    HSK 5

    17 strokes

  • 瞪dèng

    to open (one's eyes) wide

    HSK 7

    17 strokes

  • 瞬shùn

    to wink

    17 strokes

  • 瞳tóng

    pupil of the eye

    17 strokes

  • 瞩zhǔ

    to gaze at

    17 strokes

  • 瞫Shěn

    surname Shen

    17 strokes

  • 瞵lín

    to stare at

    17 strokes

  • 蒙méng

    to cover

    HSK 6

    18 strokes

  • 瞹ài

    variant of 曖|暧[ai4]

    18 strokes

  • 瞻zhān

    to gaze

    18 strokes

  • 瞽gǔ

    blind

    18 strokes

  • 瞿qú

    startled

    18 strokes

  • 矍jué

    to glance fearfully

    20 strokes

  • 眬lóng

    used in 矇矓|蒙眬[meng2 long2]

    21 strokes

  • 矔guàn

    brilliant (of eyes)

    22 strokes

  • 矗chù

    lofty

    24 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.