What 瞢 means
It starts with unclear sight and extends to gloom or confusion.
瞢 first points to eyes whose sight is unclear. In 《楚辞·天问》, a classical Chinese poem about the heavens, the phrase “冥昭瞢闇” uses 瞢 for obscurity.
The image also extends to darkness, shame, worry, or muddled understanding; translating 瞢 simply as “blind” is too narrow.
How do I type 瞢?
A Chinese input method is simplest; Unicode entry is a fallback.
With pinyin, type meng and select 瞢 from the homophone list. The Mandarin reading is written méng in pinyin and sounds roughly like “meng” with a rising tone. In a Cangjie-capable IME, enter 廿田中山 (TWLU).
As of 2026, Windows Word: enter 77A2 and press Alt+X; GNOME: press Ctrl+Shift+U, enter 77A2, then press Enter.
Literary and archaic-leaning; it reads more naturally in a quotation than as a casual one-character reply.
Alone, it may look like a typo or leave readers guessing.
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Questions people ask
2Is 瞢 a modern word?
Not usually in casual conversation. It belongs to literary Chinese, and its several shades can make a one-character reply hard to read without context.
Why does 瞢 look different in fonts?
It can. As of 2026, Windows or GNOME font and locale settings may change the Han glyph’s shape, or the installed font may lack it. A different outline can still be 瞢; an empty box means the font has no glyph for it.
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瞢\77A2meng and select 瞢 from the homophone list. Its Mandarin reading is méng, roughly “meng” with a rising tone.廿田中山 (TWLU) in a Cangjie-capable Chinese IME.77A2, then Alt+X; GNOME: Ctrl+Shift+U, 77A2, then Enter.Codes and encoding1 code points
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