Hanja Analyzer
瞑

瞑 — myeong, myeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
눈감을 명, 눈 감을 면
Romanization
myeong, myeon
English
close eyes
Mandarin
míng
Japanese on'yomi
メイ, メン, ミン, ベン, ベイ, ミョウ, ボウ
Japanese kun'yomi
めい.する つぶ.る つむ.る くら.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Newspaper frequency
#2,326 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
目 (109, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
冥(명)
Unicode
U+7791

Parts that make up 瞑

  • 目 눈 목 눈보는 일과 눈으로 하는 판단
  • 冥 어두울 명sound 덮여 어두운 모양어둡다. ‘명’ 계열의 소리

How 瞑 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 瞑 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 目, 冥.

Korean example words with 瞑

  • 명상瞑想 Korean gloss: 고요히 눈을 감고 깊이 생각함. 또는 그런 생각
  • 명목하다瞑目 Korean gloss: 눈을 감다
  • 명좌瞑坐 Korean gloss: 고요히 눈을 감고 앉음.
  • 명현瞑眩 Korean gloss: ‘명현하다’의 어근.
  • 명현반응瞑眩反應 Korean gloss: 장기간에 걸쳐 나빠진 건강이 호전되면서 나타나는 일시적 반응. 근본적인 치료가 이루어지는 징후로 이 반응이 강할수록 치료 효과
  • 명현현상瞑眩現象 Korean gloss: 장기간에 걸쳐 나빠진 건강이 호전되면서 나타나는 일시적 반응. 근본적인 치료가 이루어지는 징후로 이 반응이 강할수록 치료 효과

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 瞑

  • 瞑想めいそう meditation; contemplation
  • 瞑るつぶる to close (one's eyes); to shut
  • 瞑目めいもく 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 gloomy feeling; dark sign
  • 眩瞑げんめい dizziness
  • 瞑眩めいけん dizziness; temporary side-effects of taking Chinese herbal medicine
  • 瞑するめいする 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

Characters sharing the phonetic 冥

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “명” in Korean.

Other hanja read “명”

Other hanja with radical 目

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