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目 mù — eye

5 strokes · radical 目 · HSK 4

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An eye, stood upright. Turn it back on its side and the pupil and the lids are obvious. It is the eye in 看 (a hand shading the eye), 眼 and 睡.

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An eye, stood upright.

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