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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
睹 character · TOCFL C1 (est.)
睹 ＝ 目 ＋ 者
ㄉㄨˇ · dǔ
verb — to see, behold, witness

字源 FORM — what the parts do

目義an eye
者聲zhě — gives the sound
IFzhě → dǔ — the sound shifted
An eye (目) and 者 zhě for sound — to see with the eyes, to behold. What everyone has eyes on: 有目共睹. 者 carries the sound, shifted from zhě to dǔ.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一隻眼（目）親自看著，看得清清楚楚。
An eye (目) sees it for itself, and sees it plain.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)目睹、看見— to see, behold常用
→有目共睹、睹物思人— to witness
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
者zhěthe bare phonetic — 睹 sets an eye 目 beside it覩dǔthe old variant — 覩 used 見 for the seeing, 睹 uses the eye 目