瞽

• (archaic) 𠑹

瞽 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 土水月山 (GEBU), four-corner 4460₄, composition ⿱鼓目)

1. blind
2. blind musician
3. stupid

• KangXi: page 819, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23745
• Dae Jaweon: page 1231, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2516, character 3
• Unihan data for U+77BD

From 鼓 (OC *kʷaːʔ, “drum”) (Schuessler, 2007), as musicians were blind in ancient times.

瞽

1. blind

   • 子見齊衰者、冕衣裳者與瞽者，見之，雖少必作；過之，必趨。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子见齐衰者、冕衣裳者与瞽者，见之，虽少必作；过之，必趋。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ jiàn qíshuāi zhě, miǎn yīshang zhě yǔ gǔzhě, jiàn zhī, suī shào bì zuò; guò zhī, bì qū. [Pinyin]

     When the Master saw a person in a mourning dress, or any one with the cap and upper and lower garments of full dress, or a blind person, on observing them approaching, though they were younger than himself, he would rise up, and if he had to pass by them, he would do so hastily.

2. undiscerning

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)
• Kun: めしい (meshī, 瞽い); めくら (mekura)

瞽 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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瞽: Hán Nôm readings: cổ

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