睹
to observe; to see
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,764 U+7779
How 睹 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
目 (semantic, “eye”) + 者 (phonetic, zhě)
How to remember it
behold · Heisig RSH #2301
eyeball + puppet
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 者
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 者 (zhě) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 者 sound component | zhě | that which; they who; those who |
| 都 | dōu | all, each, entirely, whole; metropolis; capital |
| 猪 | zhū | pig, hog, wild boar |
| 诸 | zhū | all, many, various; surname |
| 著 | zhù | to show, to prove, to make known |
| 署 | shǔ | bureau, public office; to sign |
| 赌 | dǔ | to bet, to gamble, to wager |
| 绪 | xù | mental state; thread, clue |
| 屠 | tú | to butcher, to slaughter; massacre |
| 暑 | shǔ | hot; heat; summer |
| 煮 | zhǔ | to boil, to cook |
| 堵 | dǔ | wall; to stop, to prevent, to block |
| 奢 | shē | exaggerated; extravagant, wasteful |
| 渚 | zhǔ | islet, sandbar |
| 箸 | zhù | chopsticks |
| 褚 | zhǔ | bag, valise; to pad, to stuff; surname |
| 赭 | zhě | hematite; ochre, reddish-brown |
| 啫 | zhě | onomatopoeic; an interjection of warning |
| 楮 | chǔ | mulberry; paper |
Words containing 睹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 二十年目睹之怪现状 | Èr shí Nián Mù dǔ zhī Guài Xiàn zhuàng | The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jia… |
| 重睹天日 | chóng dǔ tiān rì | to see the light again (idiom); delivered from oppression |
| 有目无睹 | yǒu mù wú dǔ | has eyes but can't see (idiom); unable or unwilling to see the importance of sth; blind (t… |
| 睹物思人 | dǔ wù sī rén | (idiom) to fondly remember a person on seeing sth one associates with them |
| 有目共睹 | yǒu mù gòng dǔ | anyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious to all; sth speaks for itself; is there for a… |
| 亲眼目睹 | qīn yǎn mù dǔ | to see for oneself; to see with one's own eyes |
| 视若无睹 | shì ruò wú dǔ | to turn a blind eye to |
| 熟视无睹 | shú shì wú dǔ | (idiom) to turn a blind eye to (sth one sees regularly) |
| 耳闻目睹 | ěr wén mù dǔ | to witness personally |
| 先睹为快 | xiān dǔ wéi kuài | (idiom) to consider it a pleasure to be among the first to read (or watch or enjoy) |
| 一睹 | yī dǔ | to look; to have a glimpse at; to observe (sth's splendor) |
| 惨不忍睹 | cǎn bù rěn dǔ | lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom); fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocio… |
| 目睹 | mù dǔ | to witness; to see at first hand; to see with one's own eyes |