Keyword
blind
- shortsighted
- unperceptive
- Frequency
- #1994
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
máng
Mnemonic
Losing 亡 one's sight 目; 亡 also provides the pronunciation
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
盲目
(fig.) (of one's actions) blind; unthinking
文盲
illiterate
盲人
blind person
盲
blind
盲点
blind spot
扫盲
to wipe out illiteracy
盲从
to follow blindly; to conform slavishly; unthinking obedience
色盲
color-blind; color blindness
盲肠
appendix (anatomy); cecum
盲区
blind spot
盲文
braille; literature in braille
盲流
(PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities; rural migrant without definite prospects; drifter
盲道
path for the visually impaired (made with tactile paving)
导盲犬
guide dog (for the blind); Seeing Eye dog
半文盲
semiliterate
双盲
double-blind (scientific experiment)
法盲
person who has no understanding of legal matters
夜盲症
night blindness; nyctalopia
盲人摸象
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅盘经 (dàbānNièpánjīng)); fig. unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees
盲肠炎
appendicitis
脱盲
to acquire literacy; to throw off blindness
目盲
blind; blindness
夜盲
night blindness
盲测
blind testing