举世瞩目
jǔ​shì​zhǔ​mù HSK7

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举 jǔ, ju raise Simplified

Simplified form of 舉. Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 與 represents the sound.

Components

手
手 Meaning component
shǒu, shou hand
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 手 than it was in ancient scripts.
兴
兴 Simplified component
xìng, xīng rise, flourish

Shorthand for the 與 component in the traditional character 舉.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

榉

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

世 shì generation

Original meaning: leaf

Depicts three leaves on branches of a tree. Remnant from the top part of 枼. Based on the original meaning "leaf", now written as 葉. The meaning later shifted to "generation", since leaves pile up in hundreds much like a generation.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

泄绁贳

Iconic (1)

枼

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyejHl̥ap-s generation

說文解字

《說文》：“世，三十年為一世，从卉而曳長之，亦取其聲也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.159劉志基《中國漢字文物大系》Vol 3, p.70
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

瞩 zhǔ watch carefully Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 属 represents the sound. Simplified form of 矚.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
属
属 Sound component
shǔ class

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

目 mù eye

Pictograph of an eye.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (20 of 91 verified)

看眼省睛督睡瞧盯睁眠瞪盲瞬盼眨瞎瞒瞄睹瞥瞅眩眯瞻眷睦眶睬瞿瞩眺眸睫瞟瞳瞰睑睽睐眈瞠瞌盹瞑睢瞭睨睇眦瞋盱瞽睃矇睥眇眬眙睚眢瞀瞇眚瞍眍眄瞢眭瞓眳睏眵瞼眎睞眥矚窅瞵県瞜睘瞞䀏矓𡍬瞈眡睜眽瞘

Iconic (17)

面民相见直冒曼童泪眉蜀艮見睪𥄕眔憲

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

苜钼

Simplified (1)

见

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjuwkC.m(r)[u]k eye

說文解字

《說文》：“目，人眼。象形。重童子也。，古文目。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.261-262
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

舉 jǔ, ju raise Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 與 represents the sound.

Components

手
手 Meaning component
shǒu, shou hand
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 手 than it was in ancient scripts.
與
與 Sound component
yǔ, yù together with

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

櫸

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjoXC.q(r)aʔ lift, raise
kjoX[k](r)aʔ all

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

矚 watch carefully Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 屬 represents the sound.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
屬
屬 Sound component
shǔ class, category

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtjoɡ
Unicodejiok

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang