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mào

to look at closely

To make an effort 敄 to see 目 something

Components

敄
敄 Meaning component
wù, móu to put forth effort
目
目 Meaning component
mù eye

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmæwkmˤ<r>uktroubled eyesight
Zhengzhangmoːɡs
mroːɡ

說文解字

氐目謹視也。从目敄聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)