目
Eye
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | Radicals |
|---|---|---|
| もく | め | 目 |
Meaning: Eye
The eye radical and eye kanji are the same as each other, so now you know them both.
Well… you’ll know them both as long as you studied your radicals, young grasshopper. If you didn’t, then you’re just a young grasshopper who needs to study his/her radicals.
Reading: め
We’re going to learn the kun’yomi for this one (shhh) because it’s so much more useful, even more than other kanji kun’yomi. So, just pretend this is the on’yomi – it’ll make your life easier.
Your eyes are important to you, right? Sadly, one of your eyes is missing right now, because a sheep grabbed it and pulled it out, and is now running away from you, yelling his sheep call…. “Mehhhhhh!”
Of course, feel the pain of your eye gone… and struggle to get it back. You eventually give up because the sheep is too fast, but then you come up with an idea. What if I call out back to the sheep in its own language? Go ahead and cover one eye and start making “MEHHH” noises to see if you can get the sheep to come back to you and give you your eye. It’s up to you whether it works or not, but be sure to feel frustrated by its reaction, or happy by it. Either one works.
Vocabulary
a 目（め）＝ Eye
- Meaning: Same as the kanji.
- Reading: Same as the reading (even if it is kun’yomi… shhh)
a 目玉（めだま）＝ Eyeball
- Combo: 目 (eye) + 玉 (ball)
- Meaning: The eye that is a ball is an eyeball.
- Reading: Have you noticed that body part kanji tend to use kun’yomi? This word requires you to know the kun’yomi readings, so if you do, you know the reading of this vocab as well.