盲人

máng rén · HSK 6

person

🧑‍🦯 máng rén = blind + person — a mango person who cannot see

máng sounds like mango, rén means person. 盲 (máng) combines 亡 (lost/dead) over 目 (eye) — eyes that have lost their function. A person (人) whose eyes are lost.

人 — pictograph of a standing person
人 is a pictograph showing a person viewed from the side, with two strokes representing the legs and torso of a standing human. In oracle bone script it clearly depicted a figure leaning slightly forward. The meaning has remained 'person' or 'human' throughout its history.

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