Character · The body
目
め meさんどめ sandomeはちぶんめ hachibunmeめぐすり megusuri
eye
Composition
Origin
Pictogram of an eye with its pupil, turned upright over time.
In the thoughts
- 三度目sandomethird time
- 八分目hachibunmeeight-tenths full
- 目薬megusurieye drops
Proverbs carrying this character
- 057 目は口ほどに物を言う The eyes speak as much as the mouth.
- 087 三度目の正直 The third time is the charm.
- 118 腹八分目に医者いらず A stomach eight-tenths full needs no doctor.
- 143 二階から目薬 Eye drops from the second floor.
- 215 行く春や鳥啼き魚の目は泪 Departing spring — birds cry, and there are tears in the eyes of fish.
- 270 目は心の鏡 The eyes are the mirror of the heart.