JLPT N1 · 8 strokes
Kanji 盲: "blind, blind man, ignoramus"
The kanji 盲 means "blind, blind man, ignoramus". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read モウ in on'yomi and めくら in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
モウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
めくら
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | blind, blind man, ignoramus |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1767 of 2,501 |
Common words with 盲
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 盲目blindness · blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
- 盲点blind spot (on the retina) · blind spot; weak point; loophole
- 盲目的blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
- 盲信blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
- 盲腸cecum; caecum; blind gut · (vermiform) appendix
- 盲blindness
- 盲人blind person
- 盲blindness; blind person · illiteracy; illiterate person
- 恋は盲目reason ends where love begins; in love, reason takes flight; love is a blind guide; love makes fools of us all
- 盲導犬guide dog; seeing-eye dog
- 盲従blind obedience
- 文盲illiteracy · illiterate person; an illiterate
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