盲

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Losing 亡 one's sight 目; 亡 also provides the pronunciation

Components 亡目

blind · Heisig RSH #491

目 eye + perish

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
盲人门球	máng rén mén qiú	goalball (Paralympic sport)
半文盲	bàn wén máng	semiliterate
雀盲眼	qiǎo mang yǎn	night blindness (dialect)
问道于盲	wèn dào yú máng	lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom); fig. to seek advice from an incompetent
求道于盲	qiú dào yú máng	see 問道於盲\|问道于盲[wen4 dao4 yu2 mang2]
河盲症	hé máng zhèng	river blindness; onchocerciasis
导盲道	dǎo máng dào	(Tw) path for the visually impaired (made with tactile paving)
月盲症	yuè máng zhèng	moon blindness; equine recurrent uveitis
盲人	máng rén	blind person
盲区	máng qū	blind spot
夜盲症	yè máng zhèng	night blindness; nyctalopia
法盲	fǎ máng	person who has no understanding of legal matters
盲法	máng fǎ	blinding; masking (in scientific experiments)
文盲	wén máng	illiterate
盲文	máng wén	braille; literature in braille
盲道	máng dào	path for the visually impaired (made with tactile paving)
盲打	máng dǎ	to touch-type
脸盲症	liǎn máng zhèng	prosopagnosia; face blindness
盲点	máng diǎn	blind spot
色盲	sè máng	color-blind; color blindness