盲

See also: 𥇋

盲 U+76F2, 盲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76F2 ← 盱 [U+76F1] CJK Unified Ideographs 盳 → [U+76F3]

Translingual

Han character

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

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 (first edition): volume 4, page 2469, character 19
• Unihan data for U+76F2

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Chinese

trad.		盲
simp. #		盲
alternative forms		盳 𥇋 𤷐 朚 瞢

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 盲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (亡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
忙	*maːŋ
芒	*maːŋ, *maŋ
茫	*maːŋ
恾	*maːŋ
吂	*maːŋ, *maːŋs
汒	*maːŋ, *maŋs
朚	*maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs
邙	*maːŋ, *maŋ
杗	*maːŋ, *maŋ
荒	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs
肓	*hmaːŋ
衁	*hmaːŋ
巟	*hmaːŋ
詤	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ
慌	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ
謊	*hmaːŋʔ
喪	*smaːŋs, *smaːŋ
亡	*maŋ
望	*maŋ, *maŋs
莣	*maŋ
朢	*maŋ, *maŋs
鋩	*maŋ
硭	*maŋ
忘	*maŋ, *maŋs
网	*mlaŋʔ
罔	*mlaŋʔ
蛧	*maŋʔ
網	*mlaŋʔ
輞	*maŋʔ
棢	*maŋʔ
惘	*maŋʔ
菵	*maŋʔ
誷	*maŋʔ
魍	*maŋʔ
妄	*maŋs
盲	*mraːŋ
蝱	*mraːŋ
虻	*mraːŋ
氓	*mraːŋ
甿	*mraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mraːŋ): phonetic 亡 (OC *maŋ) + semantic 目 (“eye”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máng (mang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòng / mô
• Jin (Wiktionary): mon¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bông / mê / mî / mêe / mô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mang⁵ / mêng⁵ / mê⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: máng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máng
    • Wade–Giles: mang2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁴
    • Yale: màahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mäːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòng / mô
    • Hakka Romanization System: mongˇ / mo´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mong² / mo¹
    • Sinological IPA: /moŋ¹¹/, /mo²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mon¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mɒ̃¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
    • Tâi-lô: bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mê
    • Tâi-lô: mê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî
    • Tâi-lô: mî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mii
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /mĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mêe
    • Tâi-lô: mêe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɛ̃¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴/

Note:

• bông - literary;
• mê/mî/mêe - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: mang⁵ / mêng⁵ / mê⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâng / mêng / mê
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ⁵⁵/, /meŋ⁵⁵/, /me⁵⁵/

Note:

• mang5/mêng5 - literary;
• mê5 - vernacular (dialectal usage - 青盲, 雀盲).

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• Middle Chinese: /mˠæŋ/

Rime
Character	盲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	武庚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/maŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/mɐŋ/
Wang Li	/mɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mang4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤ<r>aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mraːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	盲
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	máng
Middle Chinese	‹ mæng ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁ<r>aŋ/
English	blind
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盲
Reading #	1/1
No.	12689
Phonetic component	亡
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	盲
Old Chinese	/*mraːŋ/

Definitions

盲

1. blind
2. (figuratively) lacking understanding or common sense
3. person who is blind
4. person who is illiterate
5. carelessly; blindly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瞎眼 (“(to be) blind”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瞽, 盲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		失明, 瞎眼, 瞎
Mandarin	Taiwan	瞎眼
	Malaysia	瞎, 盲
	Singapore	瞎, 盲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	盲, 盲眼
	Hong Kong	盲, 盲眼
Hakka	Meixian	瞎, 盲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	眼瞎
	Luhe	目瞎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)	目瞨, 目瞎, 青盲, 瞎目
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)	青盲
Min Bei	Jian'ou	瞎
Min Dong	Fuzhou	青盲
Min Nan	Xiamen	青盲
	Quanzhou	青盲
	Zhangzhou	青盲
	Taipei	青盲
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	青盲
	Kaohsiung	青盲
	Yilan	青盲
	Changhua (Lukang)	青盲
	Taichung	青盲
	Tainan	青盲
	Hsinchu	青盲
	Kinmen	青盲
	Penghu (Magong)	青盲
	Penang (Hokkien)	青盲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	青盲
	Manila (Hokkien)	青盲
	Pingnan (Pingtian)	青盲
	Chaozhou	青盲
	Shantou	青盲
	Shantou (Chenghai)	青盲
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	青盲
	Jieyang	青盲
	Haifeng	青盲
	Leizhou	青盲
	Wenchang	青盲
Puxian Min	Putian	青盲
Min Zhong	Yong'an	瞎

See also

• 聾／聋 (lóng, “deaf”), 啞／哑 (yǎ, “mute”)

Compounds

• 以盲辨色
• 偏盲
• 問道於盲／问道于盲
• 夜盲症 (yèmángzhèng)
• 導盲／导盲 (dǎománg)
• 導盲犬／导盲犬 (dǎomángquǎn)
• 導盲磚／导盲砖 (dǎomángzhuān)
• 導盲道／导盲道 (dǎomángdào)
• 心盲
• 捉盲盲
• 摸盲盲
• 文盲 (wénmáng)
• 晦盲
• 晦盲否塞
• 有目如盲
• 有眼如盲
• 求道於盲／求道于盲
• 法盲 (fǎmáng)
• 發雞盲／发鸡盲
• 盲人 (mángrén)

• 盲人把燭／盲人把烛
• 盲人按摩 (mángrén ànmó)
• 盲人摸象 (mángrénmōxiàng)
• 盲人瞎馬／盲人瞎马 (mángrénxiāmǎ)
• 盲人說象／盲人说象
• 盲人讀物／盲人读物
• 盲人路
• 盲人電腦／盲人电脑
• 盲信 (mángxìn)
• 盲兒／盲儿
• 盲公鏡／盲公镜 (mánggōngjìng)
• 盲動／盲动 (mángdòng)
• 盲婚啞嫁／盲婚哑嫁 (mánghūnyǎjià)
• 盲子
• 盲字 (mángzì)
• 盲幹／盲干 (mánggàn)
• 盲從／盲从 (mángcóng)
• 盲文 (mángwén)
• 盲棋 (mángqí)
• 盲溝／盲沟

• 盲目 (mángmù)
• 盲目行事
• 盲眼無珠／盲眼无珠
• 盲者得鏡／盲者得镜
• 盲胞
• 盲腸／盲肠 (mángcháng)
• 盲腸炎／盲肠炎 (mángchángyán)
• 盲蛇 (mángshé)
• 盲詞／盲词
• 盲風／盲风 (mángfēng)
• 盲駕／盲驾
• 盲鰻／盲鳗 (mángmán)
• 盲點／盲点 (mángdiǎn)
• 眾盲摸象／众盲摸象
• 科盲
• 聾盲瘖啞／聋盲瘖哑
• 色盲 (sèmáng)
• 迴盲瓣／回盲瓣 (huímángbàn)
• 雪盲 (xuěmáng)
• 青盲 (qīngmáng)

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Japanese

Kanji

盲

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←みやう (myau, historical)}
• Kan-on: もう (mō, Jōyō)^{←まう (mau, historical)}
• Kun: めくら (mekura, 盲); めしい (meshii, 盲)^{←めしひ (mesifi, historical)}

Compounds

• 文盲
• 色盲
• 盲人
• 盲牌

• 盲学校
• 盲信
• 盲点
• 盲従

• 盲啞 (盲唖)
• 盲動
• 盲愛
• 盲導犬

• 盲鰻
• 盲目

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
盲
めくら Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 盲 – see the following entry.

【めくら】 [noun] (likely offensive) blindness [noun] (likely offensive) blind person [noun] (likely offensive) ignorance [noun] (likely offensive) ignorant person; an ignoramus Alternative spellings 盲, 瞽

(This term, 盲, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
盲
めしい Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 盲 – see the following entry.

【めしい】 [noun] (dated, likely offensive) blindness [noun] (dated, likely offensive) blind person

(This term, 盲, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
盲
もう Grade: S
kan’on

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) も​ー [móꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ː]

Noun

盲(もう) • (mō) ^{←まう (mau)?}

1. blindness
2. blind person

Synonyms

• (blindness): 盲目(もうもく) (mōmoku)
• (blind person): 盲人(もうじん) (mōjin)

Antonyms

• (blindness): 晴眼(せいがん) (seigan)
• (blind person): 晴眼者(せいがんしゃ) (seigansha)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 盲 (MC mˠæŋ). Recorded as Middle Korean ᄆᆡᇰ (moyng) (Yale: moyng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

盲 (eumhun 소경 맹 (sogyeong maeng))

1. Hanja form^? of 맹 (“blind”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 맹인 (盲人, maeng'in)
• 맹장 (盲腸, maengjang)
• 맹점 (盲點, maengjeom)
• 문맹 (文盲, munmaeng)
• 색맹 (色盲, saengmaeng)
• 맹자 (盲者, maengja)
• 맹동 (盲動, maengdong)
• 맹신 (盲信, maengsin)
• 맹종 (盲從, maengjong)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

盲: Hán Nôm readings: manh

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• 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