盲
blind, blind man, ignoramus
Readings
On'yomi
- モウ
Kun'yomi
- めくら
Meaning
盲 centers on the absence of sight or insight: being physically blind, or metaphorically blind to knowledge (an ignoramus).
Most common words using 盲
20 of 86- 盲目もうもく
blindness
- 盲点もうてんN1
blind spot (on the retina)
- 盲めくら
blindness; blind person
- 盲導犬もうどうけん
guide dog; seeing-eye dog
- 盲腸もうちょうN1
cecum; caecum; blind gut
- 盲信もうしん
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
- 盲目的もうもくてき
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
- 盲人もうじん
blind person
- 全盲ぜんもう
total blindness
- 文盲もんもう
illiteracy
- 色盲しきもう
color blindness; colour blindness
- 盲学校もうがっこう
school for the blind
- 盲従もうじゅう
blind obedience
- 二重盲検法にじゅうもうけんほう
double blind trial; double blind test
- 二重盲検試験にじゅうもうけんしけん
double blind test; double blind trial
- 作り盲つくりめくら
feigned blindness
- 俄盲にわかめくら
sudden blindness
- 半盲はんもう
half blind
- 半盲症はんもうしょう
blindness; half-blindness
- 味盲みもう
ageusia; taste blindness
Study
Etymology
盲 combines 亡 (lost, dead) with 目 (eye) to express the idea of lost sight or blindness.
Meaning mnemonic
The top component 亡 suggests something lost or dead, and the bottom 目 is an eye. Picture an eye that has lost its function: 盲 means blind.
Reading mnemonic
For モウ, imagine a blind person mowing the lawn by touch: mow -> モウ, and the lost eye 盲 guides the mower.