睦 (mù): harmonious
睦 (mù) is a Chinese character meaning “harmonious.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 目 (semantic) and 坴 (phonetic). It ranks #2756 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 睦 eye. Its radical form 目 (eye) appears in many related characters such as 看 (kàn, to look, to see), 真 (zhēn, really), 着 (zhe, -ing, to wear).
Definitions
- harmonious
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 和睦adjective | hé mù | peaceful relations |
| 和睦相处phrase | hé mù xiāng chǔ | to live in harmony |
| 睦邻政策 | mù lín zhèng cè | good-neighbor policy |
| 不睦adjective | bù mù | to not get along well |
| 亲睦邻邦 | qīn mù lín bāng | friendly neighboring countries |
| 睦亲 | mù qīn | (literary) close relative (within a clan) |
| 亲睦adjective | qīn mù | friendly |
| 修睦 | xiū mù | to cultivate friendship with neighbors |
| 辑睦adjective | jí mù | tranquil |
| 邻睦 | lín mù | to be on friendly terms |
| 睦邻verb | mù lín | to get on well with one's neighbors |
| 敦睦adjective | dūn mù | to promote friendly relations |
| 悌睦 | tì mù | to live at peace as brothers |
| 睦谊 | mù yì | cordiality |
| 雍睦adjective | yōng mù | harmonious |
睦 appears in 15 compound words: 27 as the first character, 60 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 睦 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
邻里之间要和睦相处，互相帮助。
Línlǐ zhī jiān yào mùhé xiāngchǔ, hùxiāng bāngzhù.
Neighbors should live harmoniously and help each other.
云南地处中国西南边疆，民族和睦共生、文化多元交融。
yún nán dì chǔ zhōng guó xī nán biān jiāng , mín zú hé mù gòng shēng , wén huà duō yuán jiāo róng .
Located on China's southwestern frontier, Yunnan is a place where ethnic groups live in harmony and diverse cultures blend together.
戏里没有晦涩台词，唱的是喂饭拉扯、操劳度日的家常，演的是邻里和睦、知恩图报的本分。
xì lǐ méi yǒu huì sè tái cí , chàng de shì wéi fàn lā chě , cāo láo dù rì de jiā cháng , yǎn de shì lín lǐ hé mù , zhī ēn tú bào de běn fēn .
The play contains no obscure dialogue; the songs depict the everyday routines of feeding and raising children and the daily toil of making ends meet, while the performances portray the harmony among neighbors and the duty to repay kindness.
访美前夜宴蓝委 卢秀燕定调“友美睦陆”
fǎng měi qián yè yàn lán wěi 卢 xiù yān dìng diào yǒu měi mù lù
On the eve of the visit to the United States, Lu Xiuyan set the tone of "friendship and beauty"
汤姆和玛丽就是没法儿和睦相处。
Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì jiùshì méifǎ r hémùxiāngchǔ.
Tom and Mary never got along.
人类是在没吃掉对方前能够与对方和睦相处的唯一动物。
Rénlèi shì zài méi chīdiào duìfāng qián nénggòu yǔ duìfāng hémùxiāngchǔ de wéiyī dòngwù.
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 目 (eye) component
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