from studying Chinese character "众" or "眾", we get know of "目", which means eyes.
let us see the evolution history of "目" to understand why it means eyes. (image fromhttp://www.vividict.com)
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| Learn one Chinese Character a day - "目" |
Oracle script 
and Bronze script 
is just the drawing of eyes of human beings. When comes to earlier Seal script 
, it is to mean that eyes 
are under eyebrow 
on face 
. when it came to later stage of Seal script, eyebrow and eyes were simplified to be 
to become 
. it is very close to what we used now: "目".
and Bronze script is just the drawing of eyes of human beings. When comes to earlier Seal script , it is to mean that eyes are under eyebrow on face . when it came to later stage of Seal script, eyebrow and eyes were simplified to be to become . it is very close to what we used now: "目".
So the original meaning of "目" is eyes. and for we see the world through eyes, "目" is extended to mean See as well.
As usual let us enjoy a Chinese calligraphy art with "目" inside:
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| Learn one Chinese Character a day - "目" |
In this calligraphic art writing, there are 3 characters we already learnt - "目", "日", "一".
As we already learnt "日", What do you think the meaning of "旦"?
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