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冥

Mandarin · pinyin míng

dark
deep
stupid
the underworld

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冥: míng · dark, gloomy, night; deep

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2 · ming2

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ming4 · ming5

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character

(literary) dark; dim; gloomy; faint
(literary) ignorant; muddled
deep; profound
the underworld
(obsolete) night
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 溟 (“sea”)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 瞑 (“to close one's eyes”)
a surname

character

only used in 顛冥／颠冥

character

only used in 冥眴

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