friendly

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
目 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

eye

坴 sound component

  Sound component

  

a clod of earth

Evolution

睦 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
睦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
睦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
睦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

friendly, amiable, peaceful; amicable; harmonious

Most common words with 睦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

和睦

harmonious

amicable

和睦相处

to live in harmony

睦邻

neighborly relations

不睦

to be at odds