Kanji Detail for 瞑 - "close eyes, dim, dazzle"

瞑

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
瞑 means "close eyes, dim, dazzle."
1. Close eyes - To shut one's eyes.
2. Dim - Not clearly visible.
3. Dazzle - For vision to blur.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

sleep; dark; close eyes

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

close eyes

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to close (the eyes)

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to close one's eyes

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Closing eyes. Anciently interchangeable with the character 眠. Later used specifically for the dead closing their eyes. Such as saying 死不瞑目 (dying with eyes unclosed) and such. | 瞑眩. Becoming delirious due to illness.
Onyomi

mei(めい)

min(みん)

myoh(みょう)
Kunyomi

kurai(くらい)
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

目罒 (me・mehen)
Related Keywords
close eyes shut dim clearly visible dazzle vision blur