冥

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dark; deep; stupid; the underworld

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

The sun 日, covered 冖, with 六 providing the pronunciation

Components 冖日六

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
冥王星	Míng wáng xīng	Pluto (dwarf planet)
冥思苦索	míng sī kǔ suǒ	see 苦思冥想[ku3 si1 ming2 xiang3]
冥思苦想	míng sī kǔ xiǎng	see 苦思冥想[ku3 si1 ming2 xiang3]
苦思冥想	kǔ sī míng xiǎng	(idiom) to think deeply; to rack one's brains
冥冥之中	míng míng zhī zhōng	in the unseen world of spirits; mysteriously and inexorably
冥道	míng dào	path to the underworld (in Daoist or folk beliefs, referring to the journey of spirits aft…
冥合	míng hé	to agree implicitly; of one mind; views coincide without a word exchanged
冥王	míng wáng	the king of hell
冥界	míng jiè	ghost world
冥福	míng fú	afterlife happiness
冥顽不灵	míng wán bù líng	(idiom) pigheaded
冥钱	míng qián	joss paper made to resemble paper money
冥纸	míng zhǐ	joss paper made to resemble paper money
冥想	míng xiǎng	to meditate; meditation
风雨晦冥	fēng yǔ huì míng	conditions of extreme adversity (idiom)
冥婚	míng hūn	posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)
冥府	míng fǔ	underworld; hell
冥寿	míng shòu	birthday of a deceased person
冥币	míng bì	false paper money burned as an offering to the dead
幽冥	yōu míng	dark; hell; netherworld; hades

These characters use 冥 as their sound component — compare how they read.