盲

blind

Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingモウ

Kun readingめくら

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

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
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
ignoramus

blindness
blind person
illiteracy
illiterate person
ignorance

Synonyms

Radicals and components

Radical目eye

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

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

文盲もんもう

盲唖もうあ

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

作り盲つくりめくら

feigned blindness

半盲症はんもうしょう

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