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

见

見

jiàn = ji + an4

to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view

见 = ⺆ + 儿 : Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.

见

見

xiàn = xi + an4

to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]

着

著

zha̅o = zh + ao1

(chess) move / trick / all right! / (dialect) to add

着

著

zhe = zh + e5

aspect particle indicating action in progress

着 = 目 + 羊 : James II of England (zh) cuddles with the sheep (羊) also on the roof of the aorta (e5), and again the Eye of Providence (目) catches fire (着) out of jealousy as it watches the action in progress(着).

瞧

qiáo = qi + ao2

to look at / to see / to see (a doctor) / to visit

瞧 = 焦 + 目 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is feeling sick and went to see the doctor (瞧). In the aorta's kitchen (ao2) the Eye of Providence (目) is looking at (瞧) the queen's body with a magnifier (焦) to see what's wrong with her.

睡

shuì = shu + ei4

to sleep / to lie down

睡 = 垂 + 目 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is sleeping (睡) on top of a weeping willow (垂) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). His sleep (睡) is guarded by the eye of providence (目) which is hovering next to the tree (睡).

睁

睜

zhe̅ng = zh + (e)ng1

to open (one's eyes)

睁 = 争 + 目 : The eye of providence (目) dressed like the grim reaper (争) and shocked James II of England (zh) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Now James doesn't want to open his eyes (睁) so he doesn't have to see the grim reaper. The eye of providence can't even convince him to open his eyes and look at him to see that it was just a prank.

眉

méi = m + ei2

eyebrow / upper margin

眉 = 尸 + 丨 + 目 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) and the Eye of Providence (目) fell asleep in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2), and a ghost (尸) is using the opportunity to play a prank on them. Using a dinosaur bone (丨) which he stuck into black ashes earlier he draws big monobrows (眉) on their faces, using the dinosaur bone like an eyebrow pencil (眉).

眠

mián = mi + an2

to sleep / to hibernate

眠 = 民 + 目 : The eye of providence (目) is going to sleep (眠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Marilyn Monroe (mi) tucks it into a copy of the declaration of independence (民).

瞩

矚

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

to gaze at / to stare at

瞩 = 属 + 目 : The Eye of Providence (目) just caught Julian Giant Squid (zhu) and the T-Rex ghost (属) doing it in the middle of the space station (Ø3) and can't help but stare (瞩) at them with its eye wide open.

冒

mào = m + ao4

surname Mao

冒 = 冃 + 目 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) caught a cold (冒) and as he sneezes ("冒") in the aorta's bathroom (ao4), he sneezes so vividly that he sneezes off the eye of providence's (目) basecap (冃) of its head.

冒

mào = m + ao4

to emit / to give off / to send out (or up, forth) / to brave / to face / reckless / to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc) / to feign / (literary) to cover