Radical 109

← 108 Radical 109 (U+2F6C) 110 →
(U+76EE) "eye"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:
Bopomofo:ㄇㄨˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:muh
Wade–Giles:mu4
Cantonese Yale:muhk
Jyutping:muk6
Japanese Kana:ボク boku / モク moku (on'yomi)
め me (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:목 mok
Names
Chinese name(s):目字旁 mùzìpáng and added 眼睛 YANJiNG
Japanese name(s):目/め me
(Left) 目偏/めへん mehen
Hangul:눈 nun
Stroke order animation

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.

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

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Derived characters

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Sinogram

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In isolation it is a Chinese character meaning eye. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a first grade kanji[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Further reading

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  • 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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