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

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”). Also Ideogrammic compound (會意) : semantic 亡 (“to perish”) + semantic 目 (“eye”) - go blind (by losing your eye)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • bông - literary;
  • mê/mî/mêe - vernacular.
Note:
  • mang5/mêng5 - literary;
  • mê5 - vernacular (dialectal usage - 青盲, 雀盲).
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
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. (figurative) 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
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

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
盲

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

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
Alternative spellings
盲, 瞽
(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

Noun

盲(もう) • (mō) ←まう (mau)?

  1. blindness
  2. blind person
Synonyms
Antonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

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

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
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