Radical 木

9 strokes

tree 木 (10a) + eye 目 (93) = mutual; appearance 相

When this character appears as part of another character (for example in Character 164 which follows this one), we will use “mutual” (and not “appearance”) in the equation and story.

[相同 (160) xiāngtóng identical, same]

Eyes peering out from behind all the trees suggest Sherwood Forest, and the film set of “robin hood” — but this is a Chinese remake! at the auditions the actors are milling about, profuse with their mutual praise. / Particularly two giants from Shanghai, auditioning for the part of Little John. Two dwarves from Shanghai are also competing for the role (sadly not having understood that the role of Little John calls for a giant rather than a dwarf). \ They won’t be told and are spending ages perfecting their appearance.