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瞑 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「目」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「目」
On
メイ・ベン・ミョウ・ミン・メンめい・べん・みょう・みん・めん · mei · ben · myō · min · men
Kun
めい.する・つぶ.る・つむ.る・くら.いmei.suru · tsubu.ru · tsumu.ru · kura.i
Meaning
to close the eyes

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Eye 目 with 冥 "dark" as phonetic: to shut the eyes; darkness.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 瞑想めいそう

    meditation

  • 瞑目めいもく

    closing one's eyes; passing away

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

朝(あさ)は静(しず)かに瞑想(めいそう)する時間(じかん)を持(も)っている。

In the mornings I set aside quiet time to meditate.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

瞑想瞑目瞑想think目eye眄to loo…眇to squ…盻to gla…眈to wat…眛dim抃to cla…旻the au…泯to die…俛to bow…茗tea
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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