méng

eyesight obscured

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approved by Peter Olson · Nov 3, 2021, 11:55 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 3, 2021, 11:55 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 𥄕 represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components

𦰋
𦰋 SoundMeaning component
méng eyesight obscured
Meaning component
eye

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmɯːŋ
mɯŋ
mɯŋs

說文解字

《說文》:“瞢,目不明也。从苜,从。,目數搖也。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.315-316
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica