盲

See also: 𥇋

盲 U+76F2, 盲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76F2 ← 盱 [U+76F1] CJK Unified Ideographs 盳 → [U+76F3]

Translingual

Han character

盲 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜女月山 (YVBU), four-corner 0060₁, composition ⿱亡目)

Derived characters

• 𰇸, 𡞙, 𱦼, 𥇋, 䗈, 𨌶, 𦱋, 䈍, 𤷐

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 800, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23132
• Dae Jaweon: page 1214, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2469, character 19
• Unihan data for U+76F2

Chinese

trad.		盲
simp. #		盲
alternative forms		盳 𥇋 𤷐 朚 𰥲 盳 𥇋 𤷐 朚 𰥲 瞢

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 盲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (亡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
忙	*maːŋ
芒	*maːŋ, *maŋ
茫	*maːŋ
恾	*maːŋ
吂	*maːŋ, *maːŋs
汒	*maːŋ, *maŋs
朚	*maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs
邙	*maːŋ, *maŋ
杗	*maːŋ, *maŋ
荒	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs
肓	*hmaːŋ
衁	*hmaːŋ
巟	*hmaːŋ
詤	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ
慌	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ
謊	*hmaːŋʔ
喪	*smaːŋs, *smaːŋ
亡	*maŋ
望	*maŋ, *maŋs
莣	*maŋ
朢	*maŋ, *maŋs
鋩	*maŋ
硭	*maŋ
忘	*maŋ, *maŋs
网	*mlaŋʔ
罔	*mlaŋʔ
蛧	*maŋʔ
網	*mlaŋʔ
輞	*maŋʔ
棢	*maŋʔ
惘	*maŋʔ
菵	*maŋʔ
誷	*maŋʔ
魍	*maŋʔ
妄	*maŋs
盲	*mraːŋ
蝱	*mraːŋ
虻	*mraːŋ
氓	*mraːŋ
甿	*mraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mraːŋ): phonetic 亡 (OC *maŋ) + semantic 目 (“eye”). Also Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 亡 (“cutting edge of a knife; to perish”) + semantic 目 (“eye”) - go blind (by losing your eye). See also 民, 臧 and 童.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máng (mang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): maang⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mang³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mòng / mô

  (Hailu, HRS): mong / mo^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mang²

• Jin (Wiktionary): mon¹
• Northern Min (KCR): mǎng
• Eastern Min (BUC): màng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ma² / morng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bông / mê / mî / mêe / mô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mang⁵ / mêng⁵ / mê⁵

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶maon / ²maon / ²man
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): man²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máng
    • Wade–Giles: mang²
    • Yale: máng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mang
    • Palladius: ман (man)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maang⁴
    • Yale: màahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbaŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòng / mô
    • Hakka Romanization System: mong^ˇ / mo^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mong² / mo¹
    • Sinological IPA: /moŋ¹¹/, /mo²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: mong / mo^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /moŋ⁵⁵/, /mo⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mang²
    • Sinological IPA: /maŋ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mon¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mɒ̃¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mǎng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: màng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ma²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: má
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ma²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma²⁴/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: morng²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: mó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: morng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒŋ²⁴/

Note:

• morng2 - literary;
• ma2 - vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
    • Tâi-lô: bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mê
    • Tâi-lô: mê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî
    • Tâi-lô: mî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mii
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /mĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mêe
    • Tâi-lô: mêe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɛ̃¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴/
Note:
• bông - literary;
• mê/mî/mêe - vernacular.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mang⁵ / mêng⁵ / mê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâng / mêng / mê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ⁵⁵/, /meŋ⁵⁵/, /me⁵⁵/
Note:
• mang5/mêng5 - literary;
• mê5 - vernacular (dialectal usage - 青盲, 雀盲).
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶maon
    • MiniDict: maon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³maan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɑ̃²³/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ²maon
    • MiniDict: maon^平
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /mɑ̃³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /mɒ̃³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦmɑ̃²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /mɑ̃²²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /mɑ̃³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /mɔ̃³¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /mɔ²²/
  • (Northern: Changzhou, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²man
    • MiniDict: man^平
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /maŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /mɑŋ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: man²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /man¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: maeng

Rime
Character	盲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	武庚切
Baxter	maeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/maŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/mɐŋ/
Wang Li	/mɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mang4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤ<r>aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mraːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	盲
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	máng
Middle Chinese	‹ mæng ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁ<r>aŋ/
English	blind
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盲
Reading #	1/1
No.	12689
Phonetic component	亡
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	盲
Old Chinese	/*mraːŋ/

Definitions

盲

1. blind
2. (figurative) lacking understanding or common sense
3. person who is blind
4. person who is illiterate
5. carelessly; blindly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瞎眼 (“(to be) blind”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瞽, 盲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		失明, 瞎眼, 瞎
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	瞎眼
	Malaysia	瞎, 盲
	Singapore	瞎, 盲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	盲, 盲眼
	Hong Kong	盲, 盲眼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	盲
Hakka	Meixian	瞎, 盲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	眼瞎
	Luhe	目瞎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	目瞨, 目瞎, 青盲, 瞎目
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	青盲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	瞎
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	青盲
Southern Min	Xiamen	青盲
	Quanzhou	青盲
	Zhangzhou	青盲
	Taipei	青盲
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	青盲
	Kaohsiung	青盲
	Yilan	青盲
	Changhua (Lukang)	青盲
	Taichung	青盲
	Tainan	青盲
	Hsinchu	青盲
	Kinmen	青盲
	Penghu (Magong)	青盲
	Penang (Hokkien)	青盲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	青盲
	Manila (Hokkien)	青盲
	Pingnan (Pingtian)	青盲
	Chaozhou	青盲
	Shantou	青盲
	Shantou (Chenghai)	青盲
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	青盲
	Jieyang	青盲
	Haifeng	青盲
	Leizhou	青盲
	Wenchang	青盲
	Singapore (Hainanese)	青盲
Puxian Min	Putian	青盲
Central Min	Yong'an	瞎
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	盲

See also

• 聾／聋 (lóng, “deaf”), 啞／哑 (yǎ, “mute”)

Compounds

• 以盲辨色 (yǐmángbiànsè)
• 偏盲
• 問道於盲 / 问道于盲
• 夜盲症 (yèmángzhèng)
• 導盲 / 导盲 (dǎománg)
• 導盲犬 / 导盲犬 (dǎomángquǎn)
• 導盲磚 / 导盲砖 (dǎomángzhuān)
• 導盲道 / 导盲道 (dǎomángdào)
• 心盲
• 捉盲盲
• 摸盲盲
• 文盲 (wénmáng)
• 晦盲
• 晦盲否塞 (huìmángpǐsè)
• 有目如盲
• 有眼如盲
• 求道於盲 / 求道于盲
• 法盲 (fǎmáng)
• 發雞盲 / 发鸡盲
• 盲人 (mángrén)
• 盲人把燭 / 盲人把烛
• 盲人按摩 (mángrén ànmó)
• 盲人摸象 (mángrénmōxiàng)
• 盲人瞎馬 / 盲人瞎马 (mángrénxiāmǎ)
• 盲人說象 / 盲人说象 (mángrén shuō xiàng)
• 盲人讀物 / 盲人读物
• 盲人路
• 盲人電腦 / 盲人电脑
• 盲信 (mángxìn)
• 盲兒 / 盲儿
• 盲公鏡 / 盲公镜 (mánggōngjìng)
• 盲動 / 盲动 (mángdòng)
• 盲婚啞嫁 / 盲婚哑嫁 (mánghūnyǎjià)
• 盲子 (mángzi)
• 盲字 (mángzì)
• 盲幹 / 盲干 (mánggàn)
• 盲從 / 盲从 (mángcóng)
• 盲文 (mángwén)
• 盲棋 (mángqí)
• 盲溝 / 盲沟
• 盲盒 (mánghé)
• 盲目 (mángmù)
• 盲目行事
• 盲眼無珠 / 盲眼无珠
• 盲者得鏡 / 盲者得镜
• 盲胞
• 盲腸 / 盲肠 (mángcháng)
• 盲腸炎 / 盲肠炎 (mángchángyán)
• 盲蛇 (mángshé)
• 盲詞 / 盲词
• 盲風 / 盲风 (mángfēng)
• 盲駕 / 盲驾
• 盲鰻 / 盲鳗 (mángmán)
• 盲點 / 盲点 (mángdiǎn)
• 眾盲摸象 / 众盲摸象 (zhòngmángmōxiàng)
• 科盲 (kēmáng)
• 聾盲瘖啞 / 聋盲瘖哑
• 色盲 (sèmáng)
• 迴盲瓣 / 回盲瓣 (huímángbàn)
• 雪盲 (xuěmáng)
• 青盲 (qīngmáng)

References

• “盲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “盲”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 151.