The eye radical underneath the three lines looks like someone reading a bunch of letters or watching a show.
Guido Jacubowicz
4 years ago
Reminds me of “to have” (Yǒu), but when I write it, I have to “look” at the lines to see the difference.
Derek Eng
4 years ago
the bottom of the character has an eye so I remember that it’s for watching/seeing
Mahrukh Riaz
3 years ago
目 radical means eye, so connection to looking
Roman Terekh
3 years ago
The radical on the bottom acts as an eye and the three strokes above act as eyebrows.
Dinobi Ibegbu
2 years ago
It looks like lashes on top of an eye, which you use ‘to look’.
Danial Tajwer
2 years ago
The top part of the character looks like the character for hand/手, and if you put your hand your hand over your eye/目, then that helps you narrow your gaze and focus on whatever you’re LOOKING at
Ashot Badalyan
2 years ago
1. The under part is the “eye” character
2. The whole character looks like an eye with lashes
Which reminds me that it means read or look.
Jinu Shim
2 years ago
The eye radical is under the three lines which reminds me of someone looking around for something.
Tu Quynh Vuu
2 years ago
The character looks like there are an eyebrow, eyelid, and eyelashes, on top of the eye.
Crystal Lin
2 years ago
looks like a hand holding above the eyes to cover it from the sun to see better
Margaret
1 year ago
looks like an eye with the hand over, so it’s to look
Tinh Ngo
1 year ago
looks like eye radical with eyelashes (3 lines) -> look
School Affiliation
NYU Abu Dhabi
Eva Vang
1 year ago
I see the eye radical and the strokes above it look like eye lashes to me, hence to see
Deron Nguyen
1 year ago
Looks like a theatre screen, you can watch
Samira Salamova
6 months ago
looks like an eye with very long lashes
School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
Brenna
6 months ago
It might be cool for us to imagine the top three lines on top of the eye radical as a contact lens that cover the eye character. After multiple layers of contact lens, you reach the actual eye.
School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
Alim
6 months ago
So basically you can relate that to hand which is holding Telescope, the hand is the top part and the bottom is “telescope” which is actually eye radical
School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
Tristan Wong
6 months ago
You need your eyes to look.
School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
Nurbol Ibrai
6 months ago
It looks like when you hold your hand over your eyes to look on sunny days.
School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
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It looks like you're holding your hand over your eyes.
chuge
6 months ago
the eye radical and the 3 structure looks like book with many pages
School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
Sagrario
1 month ago
It looks like a little mountain where in the top you can see everything and at the end (the box) its like the final of the mountain.
The eye radical underneath the three lines looks like someone reading a bunch of letters or watching a show.
Reminds me of “to have” (Yǒu), but when I write it, I have to “look” at the lines to see the difference.
the bottom of the character has an eye so I remember that it’s for watching/seeing
目 radical means eye, so connection to looking
The radical on the bottom acts as an eye and the three strokes above act as eyebrows.
It looks like lashes on top of an eye, which you use ‘to look’.
The top part of the character looks like the character for hand/手, and if you put your hand your hand over your eye/目, then that helps you narrow your gaze and focus on whatever you’re LOOKING at
1. The under part is the “eye” character
2. The whole character looks like an eye with lashes
Which reminds me that it means read or look.
The eye radical is under the three lines which reminds me of someone looking around for something.
The character looks like there are an eyebrow, eyelid, and eyelashes, on top of the eye.
looks like a hand holding above the eyes to cover it from the sun to see better
looks like an eye with the hand over, so it’s to look
looks like eye radical with eyelashes (3 lines) -> look
I see the eye radical and the strokes above it look like eye lashes to me, hence to see
Looks like a theatre screen, you can watch
looks like an eye with very long lashes
It might be cool for us to imagine the top three lines on top of the eye radical as a contact lens that cover the eye character. After multiple layers of contact lens, you reach the actual eye.
So basically you can relate that to hand which is holding Telescope, the hand is the top part and the bottom is “telescope” which is actually eye radical
You need your eyes to look.
It looks like when you hold your hand over your eyes to look on sunny days.
the eye radical and the 3 structure looks like book with many pages
It looks like a little mountain where in the top you can see everything and at the end (the box) its like the final of the mountain.