máng

blind

lost (亡) + eye (目) = blind

亡 originally meant to perish or be lost — so this character places a lost, absent quality directly over the eye. The eye is present, but sight is gone.

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To perishSemantic
The eyeSemantic

他从小就是人,但生活得很好。

tā cóng xiǎo jiù shì máng rén,dàn shēng huó de hěn hǎo。

He has been blind since childhood, but lives very well.

那位人用手摸书上的字来阅读。

nà wèi máng rén yòng shǒu mō shū shàng de zì lái yuè dú。

That blind person reads by touching the characters on the book with their hand.

Words with 盲

雀盲

què máng

night blindness

雀盲眼

qiǎo mang yǎn

night blindness (dialect)

双盲

shuāng máng

double-blind (scientific experiment)

半文盲

bàn wén máng

semiliterate

问道于盲

wèn dào yú máng

lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom)

单盲

dān máng

single-blind (scientific experiment)

夜盲

yè máng

night blindness

夜盲症

yè máng zhèng

night blindness

导盲犬

dǎo máng quǎn

guide dog (for the blind)

导盲砖

dǎo máng zhuān

(Tw) tactile paving tile

导盲道

dǎo máng dào

(Tw) path for the visually impaired (made with tactile paving)

扫盲

sǎo máng

to wipe out illiteracy

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