䀠
jù

to look from side to side

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Depicts a pair of eyes looking from side to side.

Components

目
目 Iconic component
mù eye

Depicts an eye.

目
目 Iconic component
mù eye

Depicts another eye.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjuH[k]ʷ(r)a-s look right and left

說文解字

《說文》：“，左右視也。从二目。讀若拘，又若良士瞿瞿。”

Sources

Character origin
https://dict.variants.moe.edu.tw/dictView.jsp?ID=94112#季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.270
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)