盲

blind, blind man, ignoramus

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

モウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

めくら

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:8

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1767

Vocabulary

モウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
盲人	モウジン	blind person
盲腸	モウチョウ	cecum; caecum; blind gut; (vermiform) appendix; appendicitis
盲点	モウテン	blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
盲導犬	モウドウケン	guide dog; seeing-eye dog
盲目	モウモク	blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
盲学校	もうがっこう	school for the blind
盲	めくら	blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignorant person
盲	メクラ	blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignorant person
俄盲	にわかめくら	sudden blindness; one suddenly blinded
作り盲	つくりめくら	feigned blindness

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

neck, counter for songs and poems

shield, escutcheon, pretext

watch over, see

present, existing, actual

blame, condemn, censure

mid-air, air, space, sky, memorization, interval of time

straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair

someone, person

eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor