| 目 | eye | item | section | list | catalogue | table of contents | order (taxonomy) | goal | name | title |
Pictogram. In the Oracle Bone script and Bronze script, it resembles the human eye, its contour is like an eye socket, and the middle is like the eyeballs. Nowadays, when talking about eyes, people mostly use Yǎn-眼. Meanwhile 目 is often used in written language.
Characters having the radical 目 are usually related to eye or activities of eyes, such as Shuì-睡(sleep), Kàn-看(watch), etc.
象形字。甲骨文和金文的字形像人的眼睛，字的轮廓像眼眶，中间像眼珠。现在，人们大都用“眼”字，而“目”常用在书面语中。用“目”作偏旁的字多与眼或眼的活动有关，比如：睡、看等。
Link: Chinese characters with the radical 目
