盲

máng

blind

Radical: 目 Strokes: 8

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Common

Same radical

相眼目直真着省眉看眷睡瞻

Same radical

相眼目直真着省眉看眷睡瞻眠眩瞎

Stroke Order · 8 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

盲=亡+目

Etymology

Losing 亡 one's sight 目; 亡 also provides the pronunciation

Meanings

blind

máng

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Words with 盲 123 total

person who is ignorant about science and technology · scientific illiteracy科盲kē máng appendix (anatomy) · cecum盲肠máng cháng to follow blindly · to conform slavishly · unthinking obedience盲从máng cóng (fig.) (of one's actions) blind; unthinking盲目máng mù

Idioms with 盲 22 total

blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra); fig. unable to see the big picture · to mistake the part for the whole · unable to see the wood for the trees盲人摸象máng rén mō xiàng