睹

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to observe; to see

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

目 meaning “eye” + 者 sound ( zhě )

Components 目者

behold · Heisig RSH #2301

eyeball + puppet

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

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

Characters sharing the sound component 者 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
者 sound part	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