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冥
㝠
míng
1. old variant of [[冥<míng>]]
Common • Top 16% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

冥
míng
dark, gloomy, night; deep
10 丶

Compound Words (20)

冥合
mínghé
to agree implicitly
冥婚
mínghūn
posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)
冥府
míngfǔ
underworld
冥想
míngxiǎng
meditation
冥王
míngwáng
the king of hell
冥界
míngjiè
ghost world
冥福
míngfú
afterlife happiness
冥道
míngdào
the gateway to the ghost world
冥顽
míngwán
stupid
幽冥
yōumíng
dark
杳冥
yǎomíng
dim and dusky
窈冥
yǎomíng
variant of [[杳冥<yǎomíng>]]
冥王星
Míngwángxīng
Pluto (dwarf planet)
邈冥冥
miǎomíngmíng
far off
冥思苦想
míngsīkǔxiǎng
to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
冥思苦索
míngsīkǔsuǒ
to rack one's innermost brains (idiom)
冥顽不灵
míngwánbùlíng
stupid
死不冥目
sǐbùmíngmù
dead but will not close the eyes (idiom); to die with a remaining grievance
苦思冥想
kǔsīmíngxiǎng
to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
风雨晦冥
fēngyǔhuìmíng
conditions of extreme adversity (idiom)

Alternate Entries

冥
míng
dark / deep / stupid / the underworld

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,738
Word Frequency Rank
13,339 of 84,292

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