盲 máng blind
How to remember 盲: 亡 perish + 目 eye = blind. The old cat did not perish in the storm, but one eye is hurt, and the vet says she is now half blind.
Component breakdown
盲 = 亡 perish + 目 eye
- 亡 perish
- 目 eye
The old cat did not perish in the storm, but one eye is hurt, and the vet says she is now half blind.
How it is used
- Blind - 盲人 (mángrén) a blind person, 盲道 a tactile path for the blind.
- Figurative 'blind/uninformed': 盲目 (mángmù) blindly/aimlessly (盲目跟风 to follow trends blindly).
- '-illiterate/-blind' suffix: 文盲 (wénmáng) illiterate, 色盲 color-blind, 法盲 legally ignorant.
- 盲 = 亡 (loss) over 目 (eye) - loss of sight.