盲 — Chinese character
盲
máng
blind; shortsighted; unperceptive
- Pinyin
- máng
- Radical
- 109 ⽬ (Eye)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 亡 目
- Formation
- ideographic — Losing 亡 one's sight 目; 亡 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 盲 as a kanji
Common words with 盲
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盲目 | máng mù | (fig.) (of one's actions) blind; unthinking |
| 文盲 | wén máng | illiterate |
| 盲人 | máng rén | blind person |
| 盲点 (盲點) | máng diǎn | blind spot |
| 扫盲 (掃盲) | sǎo máng | to wipe out illiteracy |
| 盲从 (盲從) | máng cóng | to follow blindly; to conform slavishly |
| 色盲 | sè máng | color-blind; color blindness |
| 盲肠 (盲腸) | máng cháng | appendix (anatomy); cecum |
| 盲区 (盲區) | máng qū | blind spot |
| 盲文 | máng wén | braille; literature in braille |
| 盲流 | máng liú | (PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities; rural migrant without definite prospects |
| 盲道 | máng dào | path for the visually impaired (made with tactile paving) |
English words written with 盲
盲 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Zhuangzi 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 12
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Kêng Sang Ch’u
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.