Read Edit View history Discussion 冥 míng dark Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts two hands (𠬜) opening a woman's legs with a baby's head protruding out of it. Based on the original meaning "to give birth to a child", now written as 娩. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas míng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts the legs of a woman. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 冥 Simp strokes 冥 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a baby's head. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 冥 Simp strokes 冥 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts two hands facing away from each other. Modern form looks like 六. 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