瞑
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
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
- 幎One part differs
- 暝One part differs
- 榠One part differs
- 溟One part differs
- 猽One part differs
- 螟One part differs
Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-5-10- Four Corner
6708.0- Spahn–Hadamitzky
5c10.3- Heisig
- 2859
- Nelson
- 3151