昧 (mèi)

Obscure; dark; ignorant.

How 昧 is written

Strokes
9
Radical
日 — sun/day
Traditional
昧
Simplified
昧 (unchanged)

Common words using 昧

曖昧 àimèi
vague; ambiguous; equivocal
愚昧 yúmèi
ignorant; uneducated
三昧 sānmèi
Samadhi (Buddhist term)
冒昧 màomèi
bold; presumptuous; to take the liberty of
愚昧無知 yúmèiwúzhī
stupid and ignorant (idiom)
拾金不昧 shíjīnbùmèi
to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner
昧心 mèixīn
against one's conscience
昧良心 mèiliángxīn
it goes against one's conscience
素昧平生 sùmèipíngshēng
to have never met sb before (idiom); entirely unacquainted; a complete stranger; not to know sb from Adam
蒙昧 méngmèi
uncultured; uncivilized; God-forsaken

昧 in a sentence

他們兩個的關係有點曖昧。

Tāmen liǎng ge de guānxì yǒudiǎn àimèi.

“The relationship between the two of them is a bit ambiguous.”

How common is 昧?

昧 is the 2,371st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 98.2% of all running text.

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