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Chinese symbol for “blindness”

失明
shī míng
to lose one's eyesight; to become blind; blindness

The closest CC-CEDICT match for blindness is 失明 (shī míng), defined as: to lose one's eyesight; to become blind; blindness.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

失 shī
to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes
明 míng
bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
radical 72 ⽇ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “blindness”

WordPinyinMeaning
失明症shī míng zhèngblindness
视盲 (視盲)shì mángblindness
目盲mù mángblind; blindness

Related words

Other words that share a character with 失明.

WordPinyinMeaning
失去shī qùto lose
失败 (失敗)shī bàito be defeated; to lose
消失xiāo shīto disappear; to fade away
损失 (損失)sǔn shīloss; damage
失望shī wàngdisappointed; to lose hope
失业 (失業)shī yèunemployment; to lose one's job
说明 (說明)shuō míngto explain; to illustrate
证明 (證明)zhèng míngproof; certificate

See also: Japanese symbol for “blindness”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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