瞑 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

sleep, dark, close eyes

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • メイ
  • ベン
  • ミョウ
  • ミン
  • メン
Kun (native)
  • めい(する)
  • つぶ(る)
  • つむ(る)
  • くら(い)
Other languages
  • 拼音ming2
  • 한글myeong
  • 한글myeon
  • Hán-ViệtMinh
  • Hán-ViệtMiễn

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
目(め)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7791

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰目冥

Words using this kanji

  • 瞑想めいそう眼を閉じてゆっくりと考えること。 仏教、ヨーガ、およびそのほかの古代インド由来の宗教や知恵(生活知)における、雑念を払い、心身を安定させるのこと。メディテーション。→禅(漢字の意義の語源、ほか)。meditation, contemplation
  • 瞑るつぶるto close (one's eyes), to shut
  • 瞑目めいもくをこと。 安心してこと。なく死ぬこと。 安心して。なく死ぬ。closing one's eyes, passing away, dying peacefully
  • 瞑色めいしょくevening twilight
  • 瞑すめいすto close one's eyes, to sleep, to rest in peace
  • 瞑氛めいふん幽玄な気配。gloomy feeling, dark sign
  • 瞑眩めいけんめまい。dizziness, temporary side-effects of taking Chinese herbal medicine
  • 瞑するめいする安心して。to close one's eyes, to sleep, to rest in peace
  • 瞑想法めいそうほうmeditation method, contemplation technique
  • 瞑想家めいそうかmeditator, meditation practitioner
  • 瞑想生活めいそうせいかつlife of meditation, contemplative life
  • 瞑目合掌めいもくがっしょうclosing one's eyes and joining one's hands together in prayer

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-10
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6708.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5c10.3
Heisig
2859
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3151