瞢

瞢 U+77A2, 瞢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77A2 ← 瞡 [U+77A1] CJK Unified Ideographs 瞣 → [U+77A3]

Translingual

Han character

瞢 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中山 (TWLU), four-corner 4460₂, composition ⿱⿳艹罒冖目(GJK) or ⿱⿳卝罒冖目(HT))

Derived characters

• 𠐧, 㜴, 𢅴, 懵, 𦢧, 矒, 𨯠, 䲛, 𱈛, 𨟒, 䒐, 𪈆, 𩯼, 𤼁, 𡬌, 𮄦, 𥌱

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 816, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23653
• Dae Jaweon: page 1229, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2505, character 10
• Unihan data for U+77A2

Chinese

trad.		瞢
simp. #		瞢
alternative forms		𥉞 矒 𥌋 𥊃 𥊄 𥉞 矒 𥌋 𥊃 𥊄 𦱛 𦴔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 瞢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (夢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蘉	*maːŋ
瞢	*mɯːŋ, *mɯŋ, *mɯŋs
懜	*mɯːŋs, *mɯːŋ, *mɯŋ
懵	*mɯːŋs, *mɯːŋʔ
甍	*mrɯːŋ
薨	*hmɯːŋ
夢	*mɯŋ, *mɯŋs
鄸	*mɯŋs

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): morng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²
    • Yale: méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mung⁴
    • Yale: mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: morng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng
    • Tâi-lô: bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuwng, mong

Rime
Character	瞢	瞢
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	莫中切	武登切
Baxter	mjuwng	mong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨuŋ/	/məŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/miuŋ/	/məŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/miuŋ/	/məŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muwŋ/	/məŋ/
Li Rong	/miuŋ/	/məŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭuŋ/	/məŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uŋ/	/məŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng	méng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung4	mang4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːŋ/, /*mɯŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瞢	瞢
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	8988	8995
Phonetic component	夢	夢
Rime group	蒸	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	瞢	瞢
Old Chinese	/*mɯːŋ/	/*mɯŋ/

Definitions

瞢

1. Alternative form of 㬝 (céng, “eyesight obscured”)
2. to feel ashamed (Non-classical form of 懜／懵 (měng))
3. 68th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "dimming" (𝍉)

Compounds

• 瞢懂 (měngdǒng)
• 瞢瞢
• 瞢騰 / 瞢腾

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 瞢 – see 盲 (“blind; lacking understanding or common sense; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 盲).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 瞢 – see 夢 (“dream; to dream; to have dreams; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 夢).

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “瞢”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 155.

Japanese

Kanji

瞢

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. obscured eyesight
2. feel ashamed

Readings

• Go-on: む (mu)、もう (mō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: くらい (kurai, 瞢い)

Korean

Hanja

瞢 • (mong) (hangeul 몽, revised mong, McCune–Reischauer mong, Yale mong)

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