瞑

瞑 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月山月日金 (BUBAC), four-corner 6708₀, composition ⿰目冥)

1. close eyes

• KangXi: page 815, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23600
• Dae Jaweon: page 1228, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2508, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7791

瞑

1. to close one's eyes
2. (literary, of eyesight) dim

瞑

1. Only used in 暝眩.

瞑

1. Alternative form of 眠 (mián, “to sleep; to nap”).

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02796
• “瞑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to close one's eyes; to pass away

   Synonym: 眠

2. dim; dark
3. blind person

From Middle Chinese 瞑 (MC meŋ); compare Mandarin 瞑 (míng):

• Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←みやう (myau, historical)}
• Kan-on: めい (mei)^{←めい (mei, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 瞑 (MC men^H); compare Mandarin 瞑 (miàn):

• Go-on: めん (men)^{←めん (men, historical)}
• Kan-on: べん (ben)^{←べん (ben, historical)}

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• On (unclassified): みん (min)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: くらい (kurai, 瞑い); つぶる (tsuburu, 瞑る); つむる (tsumuru, 瞑る); ねむる (nemuru, 瞑る)

瞑 • (myeong, myeon) (hangeul 명, 면, revised myeong, myeon, McCune–Reischauer myŏng, myŏn, Yale myeng, myen)

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瞑: Hán Nôm readings: manh

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