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

Derived characters

StrokesCharacters
+0
+1
+2
+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
+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.

Further reading

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.

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