目

mù = mu + Ø4

eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title

目 = 囗 + 二 : Mnemonic symbol: the Eye of Providence (目).

Malte Monkey (mu-) is unpacking an enclosure (囗) full of capacitors (二). He's afraid that the Eye of Providence (目) will see him, so he does it secretly in the space station's bathroom (-Ø4).

目 character breakdown

目
- 二
  - 一
- 囗

二

èr = Ø + Ø4

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

二 = 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor, because the two strokes remind me of the symbol in electrical drawings. Albert Einstein (Ø) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).

囗

wéi = w + ei2

enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

Characters with 目 as component

贝

貝

bèi = b + ei4

cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)

贝 = ⺆ + 人 : Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.

看

kàn = k + an4

to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (an illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after verb) to give it a try / Watch out! (for a danger)

看 = 手 + 目 : Karl Marx wants to use anthill's bathroom, but when the Eye of Providence is watching he's not able to, so he uses a big baseball glove to get some privacy.

看

ka̅n = k + an1

to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard

着

著

zhuó = zhu + o2

to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply

着

著

zháo = zh + ao2

to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in

着 = 目 + 羊 : In the aorta's kitchen (ao2), James II of England (zh) has first contact (着) with the sheep's (羊) wool. He is so amazed by the feeling that he can't stop cuddling with the sheep and finally falls asleep (着). Unfortunately the Eye of Providence (目) watches all of it and is so jealous that it catches fire (着).

瞄

miáo = mi + ao2

to take aim / (fig.) to aim one's looks at / to glance at

瞒

瞞

mán = m + an2

to conceal from / to keep (sb) in the dark

瞒 = 两 + 目 + 艹 : The Eye of Providence (目) just arrived in the anthill (an2) to inspect Mahatma Gandhi's (m) income, but Mahatma Gandhi concealed (瞒) his many taels of gold (两) under a layer of artificial lawn (艹) which he distributed just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2).

算

suàn = su + an4

to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute

算 = ⺮ + 目 + 廾 : In anthill's bathroom it's Susan Saint Bernard versus the Eye of Providence. The Eye of Providence figures that it has no chances against Susan Saint Bernard who yields two double-axes, while he has only a bamboo stick. He calculates that his chance of survival is rather low.

眼

yǎn = y + an3

eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

眼 = 目 + 艮 : Inside of the anthill, Maud Younger played a prank on the Eye of Providence. She told it that she would apply a mask to alleviate the wrinkles around its eyes, but instead she just covered its whole eye with chewing gum.

泪

淚

lèi = l + ei4

tears

泪 = 氵 + 目 : Sir Lancelot (l) and the eye of providence (目) are collecting their tears (泪) using water bottles (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4).

睬

cǎi = c + ai3

to pay attention / to take notice of / to care for

睬 = 目 + 采 : The King of Chu (c) is playing a song for the sun (目) in the airplane (ai3), but the sun is not paying attention to the song at all. It only pays attention (睬) to the King of Chu's beautiful golden plectrum (采).

睬

倸

cǎi = c + ai3

variant of 睬[cai3]

睛

ji̅ng = ji + (e)ng1

eye; eyeball

睛

ji̅ng = ji + (e)ng1

eye / eyeball

睛 = 目 + 青 : After drinking from the fountain of youth (青) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), Joan of Arc (ji) feels how she is reverberating with new energy. She feels her eyeballs (睛) as energetic as two eyes of providence (目).