yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements
目

目 mù

“eye; look, see; division, topic; Kangxi radical 109”

On its own, an ordinary character; Cantonese muk6. Readings and gloss from the Unicode Unihan database.

Carries Molybdenum

钅 metal → solid metal
+
目 mù
=
钼 mù · Mo 42

Transliterates syllable 1 of mo·lyb·de·num: molybdenum → mù.

The element keeps the component’s reading exactly.