The kanji 目: meaning, readings and stroke order
目
- Meaning
- eye
- On reading
- モク moku、ボク* boku
- Kun reading
- め me、ま* ma
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 目 eye
- Level
- Level 1 · grade 1
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- mắt (mục)
- Japanese
- め。
- Korean
- 눈 (목)
- Chinese
- 眼睛
Readings, words and example sentences
モク moku · on reading
目的
purpose, goal
きょうの 目的を 一つ 立てます。
I set one goal for today.
め me · kun reading
目
eye
けさから 目が いたいです。
My eyes have hurt since this morning.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.