瞀

Mandarin · pinyin mào

Meanings

  1. indistinct vision
  2. dim
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瞀
mào · to look at closely; nearsighted; dim; indistinct vision
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character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, Eastern Min, of eyesight) dim; dazzled; indistinct
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, Eastern Min) dim; gloomy
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) confused
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) ignorant
  5. a surname

character

  1. used in 雊瞀 (“a former juridiction with its capital in Dapu Village, Dapu Town, Zhuolu County, Hebei Province”)

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