Origin

The character 盲 combines the eye radical 目 at the bottom, which shows this character relates to vision, with 亡 at the top, which serves as a sound hint for the pronunciation. Since a blind person cannot see properly, the character uses the eye radical as a way to classify it as a vision-related word. The sound component 亡 guides how the character is pronounced, while the meaning—blindness—comes from pairing the eye radical with the concept of something being lost or gone wrong.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).