盲

Translingual

Han character

盲 (radical 109 目+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜女月山 (YVBU), four-corner 0060₁)

1. blind
2. unperceptive, shortsighted

References

• KangXi: page 800, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23132
• Dae Jaweon: page 1214, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2469, character 19
• Unihan data for U+76F2

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Cantonese

Hanzi

盲 (jyutping maang4, Yale maang4)

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Japanese

Kanji

盲 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: もう (mō), ぼう (bō)
• Kun: めくら (mekura), くらい (kurai), めしい (meshii)

Compounds

文盲 色盲 盲人

盲学校 盲信 盲点

盲従 盲啞 (盲唖) 盲動

盲愛 盲導犬

Noun

盲 (hiragana めくら, romaji mekura)

盲 (hiragana めしい, romaji meshii)

1. blindness
2. a blind person
3. ignorance
4. an ignorant person; an ignoramus

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Korean

Hanja

盲 (hangeul 맹, revised maeng, McCune-Reischauer maeng, Yale mayng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

盲 (pinyin máng (mang2), Wade-Giles mang²)

Compounds

• 盲人
• 盲人按摩
• 盲人路
• 文盲
• 色盲
• 导盲犬
• 导盲道

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Vietnamese

Han character

盲 (manh)

• Nôm: manh

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999