Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1767 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: blind, blind man, ignoramus

Kunyomi: めくら

Onyomi: モウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: eye

Examples

Onyomi Examples

モウ blindness

学校 モウガッコウ school for the blind

ゼンモウ total blindness

シュウモウ the blind masses, the ignorant masses, the unenlightened masses, many blind people

Kunyomi Examples

めくら blindness, blind person, illiteracy, illiterate person, ignorance, ignoramus

めくらあな blind hole

にわかめくら sudden blindness, one suddenly blinded

作り つくりめくら feigned blindness