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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
盲 character · TOCFL B2 (est.)
盲 ＝ 目 ＋ 亡
ㄇㄤˊ · máng
adj/noun — blind; ignorant of

字源 FORM — what the parts do

目義an eye
亡聲wáng — gives the sound
ITwáng → máng — the sound shifted, tone with it
An eye (目) under 亡 wáng — the sight gone, the eye blind. From sightless came unseeing of the mind: 文盲, 色盲. 亡 carries the sound, worn from wáng to máng.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

眼睛（目）上頭，那個「亡」字壓著——光都丟了（亡）。
Over the eye (目) sits 亡, lost — and the light is gone.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)盲、失明— blind常用
→文盲、色盲— unseeing — illiterate, colorblind常用
⇒盲目、盲從— blindly, without understanding
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
亡wángthe bare phonetic on top — 盲 sets an eye 目 below it肓huāngthe lookalike — 肓 carries 月 (flesh) below, 盲 an eye 目