瞑 = 冥 + 目

瞑 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “close the eyes”. It is built from 冥 (hades) and 目 (eye). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2859.

Keyword: close the eyes
RTK frame: 2859
Strokes: 15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): メイ, ベン, ミョウ, ミン, メン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): めい.する, つぶ.る, つむ.る, くら.い
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: sleep, закройте глаза
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 瞑 close eyes

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 瞑 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hades” + “eye”. 瞑 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 瞑 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.