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盲 — 8 strokes / Radical「目」

道
準2High school level / 8 strokes / Radical「目」
On
モウもう · mō
Kun
めくらmekura
Meaning
blind

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

亡 "to be lost" with 目 "eye": the eye's function lost — blind.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onモウもうmō盲点もうてん盲従もうじゅう文盲ぶんもう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 盲点もうてん

    a blind spot

  • 盲導犬もうどうけん

    a guide dog

More words with this kanji

  • 盲人瞎馬もうじんかつば
  • 盲目もうもく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

制度(せいど)の盲点(もうてん)をつく。

It exploits a blind spot in the system.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

盲導犬盲点盲導犬盲導to gui…点dot犬dog眺gaze督superv…睡sleep目eye直straig…妄delusi…耗wear…毛hair卯the Ra…忙busy
CompoundRadicalReading

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)