瞢
méng

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Phonosemantic compound. 𦰋 represents the sound and 目 represents the meaning.

Components

𦰋
𦰋 SoundMeaning component
目
目 Meaning component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 目 than it was in ancient scripts.

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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)