瞑
míngmiánmiàn

close eyes

One's eyes 目at night 冥; 冥 also provides the pronunciation

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
冥
冥 SoundMeaning component
míng 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