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Kanji Detail for 冥 - "dark, underworld, mystery"
冥
- Meaning
冥 means "dark, underworld, mystery."
Dark - Without light; pitch black.
Ignorant - Not understanding principles; foolish.
The afterlife - The world after death.
Divine power - The inscrutable power of gods and Buddha.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
dark
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
dark, gloomy, night; deep
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
old variant of 冥[ming2]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
dark, gloomy, night; deep
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Dark; dim. Meaning dim and not bright. Colloquially, where the dead dwell is called 冥中 (the netherworld), meaning a dark world. Such as 冥福 (blessings in the afterlife), 冥用 (offerings for the dead). Also, posthumous birthday is called 冥壽, referring to a deceased person's birthday. | Ignorant. Such as 冥愚 (foolish), 冥頑 (obstinate), all meaning being ignorant of reason. | Meaning of high and distant. Such as 青冥, 蒼冥, 高冥, 鴻冥, all referring to the height of the sky beyond human sight. | Deep thought is called 冥. Such as 冥搜 (deep search), 冥想 (deep meditation), meaning thoughts that can penetrate into the profound.
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