眼 small hole, crux of a matter, hollow space, eye socket, eyelet, eyeball, eyesight 目,艮,

MingLiU:

Mincho:

Gothic:

眼

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ガン　･　ゲン
GA　N　･　GE　N

Kun-yomi

まなこ　･　め
ma　na　ko　･　me

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

目

モク,ボク,め,～め,ま～ center of a fleshpot, goal, place where eyes are focused, intention, aim, contents, experience, favored, care, an item such as might appear on a menu of choices, eyes

　FLESHPOT CENTER
…or: CONTAINER of ORIFICES
…or: THREE ORIFICES in one container
　

艮

コン,ゴン,うしとら chewing meat, gnawing, using teeth, chewed or bitten into pieces; tonguing mouth in closed position of professional fellatrix

　TONGUING MOUTH of BITING SERVICE PROVIDER
…or: ROD in ORIFICE ON RAISED LEG of SITTING PERSON
　

Meanings of elements

GOAL, PLACE WHERE EYES ARE FOCUSED, INTENTION, AIM, CONTENTS, EYES with CHEWING MEAT, GNAWING, TONGUING MOUTH IN CLOSED POSITION OF PROFESSIONAL FELLATRIX

「Goal of sucking and chewing」is the SMALL HOLE, the CRUX OF THE MATTER known as the penile meatus, an aperture as the source of emissions that poses some risk to the EYES, EYEBALLS, EYE SOCKETS of a fellatrix at the pivotal crossover point (see glyphs meaning 'blind, blinded').「Goal or purpose of sucking, tonguing mouth of service provider」getting to the CRUX OF A MATTER and the goal of creating a HOLLOW AREA by extracting all fluids through a SMALL HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE HEAD.
Meaning EYE SOCKET, or more specifically the SMALL HOLE that remains in the face or skull within the eye socket after「sucking and chewing on an eye.」…that hole allows the optic nerve to access the brain. Getting to the CRUX of a matter: 'crux' means a pivotal crossover point, in this case where the nerve passes through and crosses the skull bone. The EYEBALL and any related meanings with HOLLOW SPACE such as those within an eyeball or spaces that previously contained one (eyeballs are not actually hollow, rather they are filled normally with a clear fluid, vitreous humor).
In Asia, the eyeballs are highly prized and considered by many to be one of the best and tastiest parts of a supper (those of a large fish, for example). In China, it is an honor for a guest to be presented the eyeballs of the evening's supper animal meat to be eaten, normally by sucking and then chewing (the components of the right element)…not a joke.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
Japanese EDRDG: eyeball
Unihan extended: eye; eyelet, hole, opening

Always keep in mind that these glyphs most likely were originally designed by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that), representing Chinese society many thousands of years ago, but intended NOT as a written or spoken language when created. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system! Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is, and often with multiple correct answers to each riddle, the same as is true today. Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? But, have there been necessary rewrites and altered explanations of the original elemental meanings over the centuries?

No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how seemingly bad our human existence is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or could they have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any lexicon. This site explains multiple meanings of glyphs ignored or censored by other sources, generally as being too embarrassing to admit today.