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
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
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences