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目 mù
Explanation: eye
目标 objective;aim  目光 sight
“目”字最早的时候，很像一只“眼睛”（ ）。后来眼睛直立了起来，使它原本的形状消失，变成了现在的“目”字，它中间的两画表示了眼珠的轮廓。你现在看这个字，仍然想象得到它原来的形状吧！
The drawing of （  ） looks just like a real eye, and the original meaning of this character is precisely that. Later the curve indicating the iris of the eye was flattened, and the eye was turned to stand on its end before finally losing the shape of an eye.