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盲

blind
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingモウ
Kun readingめくら
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. blindRtK
    色盲のために、色彩の区別ができない人もいる。Some people are color blind; they cannot tell one color from another.tatoeba
    色盲です。I'm color-blind.tatoeba
  2. blind man
    疑惑の影を捜そうとする盲人。There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.tatoeba
  3. ignoramus
  1. blindness
  2. blind person
  3. illiteracy
  4. illiterate person
  5. ignorance

Synonyms

盲目

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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deceased · perish · top hat (亠) · fishhook · eye (目)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 525

Compound words

盲人もうじん
blind person
盲腸もうちょう
cecum; caecum; blind gut; (vermiform) appendix; appendicitis
盲点もうてん
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
盲目もうもく
blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
盲学校もうがっこう
school for the blind
盲導犬もうどうけん
guide dog; seeing-eye dog
俄盲にわかめくら
sudden blindness
色盲しきもう
color blindness
半盲はんもう
half blind
文盲もんもう
illiteracy
盲唖もうあ
blind and dumb
盲虻めくらあぶ
deerfly (Chrysops suavis)
盲執もうしゅう
deep-rooted delusion
盲啞もうあ
blind and dumb
作り盲つくりめくら
feigned blindness
半盲症はんもうしょう
blindness
盲唖学校もうあがっこう
school for the blind and dumb
二重盲検法にじゅうもうけんほう
double blind trial

Additional Examples

私は盲導犬として訓練された犬を飼っている。
I have a dog trained as a seeing eye dog.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 盲

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step