盲 (máng)

Blind.

How 盲 is written

Strokes
8
Radical
匸 — hiding enclosure
Traditional
盲
Simplified
盲 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 盲

盲目 mángmù
blind; blindly; ignorant
文盲 wénmáng
illiterate
盲人 mángrén
blind person
盲從 mángcóng
to follow blindly; to conform slavishly; unthinking obedience
盲點 mángdiǎn
blind spot
色盲 sèmáng
color blindness
半文盲 bànwénmáng
semiliterate
夜盲症 yèmángzhèng
night blindness; nyctalopia
導盲犬 dǎomángquǎn
guide dog (for the blind); Seeing Eye dog
目盲 mùmáng
blind; blindness
盲人摸象 mángrénmōxiàng
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees
盲區 mángqū
blind spot

盲 in a sentence

導盲犬協助盲人安全地走路。

Dǎomángquǎn xiézhù mángrén ānquán de zǒulù.

“Guide dogs help blind people walk safely.”

How common is 盲?

盲 is the 2,075th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 97.4% of all running text.

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