míng

close eyes

One's eyes at night  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
eye
SoundMeaning component
míng, mián, miàn dark

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmeːn
meːns
meːŋ

說文解字

翕目也。从目、冥,冥亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica