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)

1 characters

Stroke count

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  • 目mù

    eye

    5 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

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