瞑 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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míng

close eyes

One's eyes 目at night 冥; 冥 also provides the pronunciation

Components

目 Meaning component

mù

eye

míng

dark

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

míng

close eyes; to close (the eyes)

Most common words with 瞑

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	瞑目	close one's eyes in death and die contentedly
	死不瞑目	dead but will not close the eyes (idiom); to die with a remaining grievance
	瞑	to close (the eyes)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4229th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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