瞑

瞑	U+7791, 瞑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7791

← 瞐
[U+7790]

CJK Unified Ideographs

瞒 →
[U+7792]

Translingual

Han character

瞑 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月山月日金 (BUBAC), four-corner 6708₀, composition ⿰目冥)

close eyes

References

KangXi: page 815, character 8

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23600

Dae Jaweon: page 1228, character 14

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2508, character 2

Unihan data for U+7791

Chinese

simp. and trad.		瞑

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (冥) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
瞑	meːn, meːns, *meːŋ
嫇	mreːŋ, meːŋ, *meːŋʔ
慏	*meŋʔ
冥	*meːŋ
榠	*meːŋ
鄍	*meːŋ
溟	meːŋ, meːŋʔ
螟	*meːŋ
猽	*meːŋ
蓂	meːŋ, meːɡ
覭	meːŋ, meːɡ
暝	meːŋ, meːŋs
幎	*meːɡ
幂	*meːɡ
塓	*meːɡ

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míng, mǐng (ming², ming³)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ, ㄇㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴, ming⁵
Min Nan (POJ): bêng / mî / mêe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míng
  - Wade–Giles: ming²
  - Yale: míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming
  - Palladius: мин (min)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǐng
  - Wade–Giles: ming³
  - Yale: mǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miing
  - Palladius: мин (min)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴, ming⁵
  - Yale: mìhng, míhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴, ming⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴, ming⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹/, /mɪŋ¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng
  - Tâi-lô: bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beeng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî
  - Tâi-lô: mî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mii
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /mĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mêe
  - Tâi-lô: mêe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɛ̃¹³/

Note:

bêng - literary;
mî/mêe - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: /meŋ/

Rime
Character	瞑
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫經切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/meŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/meŋ/
Wang Li	/mieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*meːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瞑
Reading #	3/3
No.	9204
Phonetic component	冥
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	冥
Old Chinese	/*meːŋ/

Definitions

瞑

to close one's eyes
(literary, of eyesight) dim

Compounds

Derived terms from 瞑

不瞑
不瞑目
榆瞑豆重
死不瞑目 (sǐbùmíngmù)
死也瞑目

死亦瞑目 (sǐyìmíngmù)
甘心瞑目
瞑想
瞑目 (míngmù)
瞑目而逝

瞑瞑
豆重榆瞑
一瞑不視／一瞑不视
瞑子裡／瞑子里
瞑目寧心／瞑目宁心

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miàn (mian⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miàn
  - Wade–Giles: mien⁴
  - Yale: myàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miann
  - Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mjɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁶
  - Yale: mihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²²/

Middle Chinese: /men^H/

Rime
Character	瞑
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/men^H/
Pan Wuyun	/men^H/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛn^H/
Li Rong	/men^H/
Wang Li	/mien^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/mien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	min⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*meːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瞑
Reading #	2/3
No.	9194
Phonetic component	冥
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	麫
Old Chinese	/*meːns/
Notes	見尚書

Definitions

瞑

Only used in 暝眩.

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mián (mian²)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mián
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mián
  - Wade–Giles: mien²
  - Yale: myán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mian
  - Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mjɛn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /men/

Rime
Character	瞑
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫賢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/men/
Pan Wuyun	/men/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛn/
Li Rong	/men/
Wang Li	/mien/
Bernard Karlgren	/mien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	min⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*meːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瞑
Reading #	1/3
No.	9193
Phonetic component	冥
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	眠
Old Chinese	/*meːn/

Definitions

瞑

Alternative form of 眠 (mián, “to sleep; to nap”).

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02796
“瞑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

瞑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

to close one's eyes; to pass away
Synonym: 眠
dim; dark
blind person

Readings

From Middle Chinese 瞑 (MC meŋ); compare Mandarin 瞑 (míng):

Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←みやう (myau, historical)}
Kan-on: めい (mei)^{←めい (mei, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 瞑 (MC men^H); compare Mandarin 瞑 (miàn):

Go-on: めん (men)^{←めん (men, historical)}
Kan-on: べん (ben)^{←べん (ben, historical)}

Unknown: (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

On (unclassified): みん (min)

From native Japanese roots:

Kun: くらい (kurai, 瞑い); つぶる (tsuburu, 瞑る); つむる (tsumuru, 瞑る); ねむる (nemuru, 瞑る)

Compounds

瞑(めい)眩(げん) (meigen)
瞑(めい)坐(ざ) (meiza)
瞑(めい)士(し) (meishi)
瞑(めい)想(そう) (meisō) (冥(めい)想(そう))
瞑(めい)捜(そう) (meisō) (冥(めい)捜(そう))
瞑(めい)氛(ふん) (meifun)
瞑(めい)瞑(めい) (meimei)
瞑(めい)目(もく) (meimoku)
瞑(めん)眩(けん) (menken)
瞑(めん)眩(げん) (mengen)
眩(げん)瞑(めい) (genmei)

Korean

Hanja

瞑 • (myeong, myeon) (hangeul 명, 면, revised myeong, myeon, McCune–Reischauer myŏng, myŏn, Yale myeng, myen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瞑: Hán Nôm readings: manh

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