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Bushu (Radical) Info: 目 (め) – eye

Henshall Mnemonic: upright eye

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #76 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 目   [め]
  (n) eye; eyeball   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 真面目   [まじめ]
  (adj-na,n) diligent; serious; honest   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 駄目   [だめ]
  (adj-na,n) useless; no good; hopeless   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• お目出度う   [おめでとう]
  (ateji) (int) (uk) Congratulations!; an auspicious occasion!   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 科目   [かもく]
  (n) (school) subject; curriculum; course   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 注目   [ちゅうもく]
  (n,vs) notice; attention; observation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目的   [もくてき]
  (n) purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目標   [もくひょう]
  (n) mark; objective; target   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 目立つ   [めだつ]
  (v5t) to be conspicuous; to stand out   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目眩   [めまい]
  (n,vs) dizziness; giddiness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 出鱈目   [でたらめ]
  (adj-na,n) (1) (uk) irresponsible utterance; nonsense; nonsensical; (2) random; haphazard; unsystematic   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目安   [めやす]
  (n) criterion; aim   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目印   [めじるし]
  (n,vs) mark; sign; landmark   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目下   [めした]
  (n) subordinate(s); inferior(s); junior   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目指す   [めざす]
  (v5s) to aim at; to have an eye on   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目次   [もくじ]
  (n) table of contents   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目出度い   [めでたい]
  (adj) happy; simple soul; propitious; joyous   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目上   [めうえ]
  (n) superior(s); senior   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 項目   [こうもく]
  (n) item   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目茶苦茶   [めちゃくちゃ]
  (adj-na,n) (uk) absurd; unreasonable; excessive; messed up; spoiled; wreaked   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 役目   [やくめ]
  (n) duty; business   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 目録   [もくろく]
  (n) catalogue; catalog; list   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 着目   [ちゃくもく]
  (n,vs) attention   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 丁目   [ちょうめ]
  (n) district of a town; city block (of irregular size)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 人目   [ひとめ]
  (n) public gaze; public notice   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 目薬   [めぐすり]
  (n) eye drops; eyewash   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 曲目   [きょくもく]
  (n) program; musical selection; tunes   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 皆目   [かいもく]
  (adv) entirely   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 二枚目   [にまいめ]
  (n) actor in a love scene   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 憂き目   [うきめ]
  (n) bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 蛇の目   [じゃのめ]
  (n) (umbrella with) bull's-eye (pattern)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 選択科目   [せんたくかもく]
  subject of selection   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 種目   [しゅもく]
  (n) event; item of business   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 裂け目   [さけめ]
  (n) rent; tear; crack   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 見た目   [みため]
  (n) appearance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 演目   [えんもく]
  (n) (abbr) musical program   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 横目   [よこめ]
  (n) side glance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 負い目   [おいめ]
  (n) indebtedness; unfulfilled promise; drawback   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 盲目   [もうもく]
  (adj-na,n) blindness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 細目   [さいもく]
  (n) particulars; details; specified items   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目の前   [めのまえ]
  before one's eyes; immediate; imminent   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 品目   [ひんもく]
  (n) list of articles   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 日の目   [ひのめ]
  (n) sunlight   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引け目   [ひけめ]
  (n) weakness; drawing back   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目覚まし   [めざまし]
  (n) (abbr) alarm clock   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目覚ましい   [めざましい]
  (adj) (arch) brilliant; splendid; striking; remarkable   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目覚まし時計   [めざましどけい]
  (n) alarm clock   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 多目的   [たもくてき]
  (adj-na,n) multipurpose   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目玉   [めだま]
  (n) (1) eyeball; (2) loss leader (abbr)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目玉商品   [めだましょうひん]
  loss leader   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 目 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.