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Kotomora

盲

blind, blind man, ignoramus

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes8

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

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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.