瞑

15 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

sleep, dark, close eyes

Kun'yomi
  • めいする
    		to close one's eyes ②to rest in peace
  • つぶる
    		to close (one's eyes)
  • つむる
    		to close (one's eyes)
  • くらい
On'yomi
  • メイ
  • ベン
  • ミョウ
  • ミン
  • メン

Main Radical

目(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

メイ 33.7%
めいする 33.7%
つむる 32.6%

Character Breakdown

sleep, dark, close eyes
メイ　めい.する　つむ.る (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
dark
メイ　ミョウ　くら.い (11th)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
six
ロク　ろっ　むっ.つ (1st, N5)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)

Common Words

めい
瞑
そう
想
meditation (with closed eyes)
めい
瞑
もく
目
closing one's eyes ②passing away
めい
瞑
そう
想
ほう
法
meditation method
めい
瞑
そう
想
せい
生
かつ
活
life of meditation
めい
瞑
もく
目
がっ
合
しょう
掌
closing one's eyes and joining one's hands together in prayer
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References

Unicode hex code 7791
JIS X 0208 1-66-52
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3151
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3954
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2842
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2859
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 23600
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5c10.3
Four corner code 6708.0