méng

eyesight obscured

Phonosemantic compound. 𥄕 represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components
𥄕 sound component

𥄕  Sound component

  

eyebrows

䀏 meaning component

  Meaning component

xuàn

  

to move one's eyes

Evolution

瞢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瞢 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
瞢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

méng

eyesight obscured; to feel ashamed

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7031st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+77A2

Shuowen

“瞢,目不明也。从苜,从。,目數搖也。”


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