Chinese symbol for “catalogue”
目
mù
eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh; mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目数 (mù shù))
The closest CC-CEDICT match for catalogue is 目 (mù), defined as: eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh; mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目数 (mù shù)); item; section; list; catalogue.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “catalogue”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 目.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 项目 (項目) | xiàng mù | item; project; (sports) event |
| 目标 (目標) | mù biāo | target; goal |
| 目的 | mù dì | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective |
| 节目 (節目) | jié mù | (TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) |
| 目录 (目錄) | mù lù | catalog; table of contents |
See also: Japanese symbol for “catalogue”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.