(máng)

HSK 68 strokes

blind

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
máng
Meaning
blind
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱亡目

Losing 亡 one's sight 目; 亡 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

mángrén
HSK 6

blind person

Open 盲人 page →
wénmáng
HSK 7-9

illiterate

Open 文盲 page →
máng
HSK 7-9

(fig.) (of one's actions) blind; unthinking

Open 盲目 page →
dānmáng

single-blind (scientific experiment)

Open 单盲 page →
máng

night blindness

Open 夜盲 page →
sǎománg

to wipe out illiteracy

Open 扫盲 page →

lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom)

Open 问道于盲 page →

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