Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verb

    to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes

  2. to die; to breathe one's last

Also written 目をとじる【めをとじる】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

Kun
-めま-
On
モクボク
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
76 of 2500
Radical
eye
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

さかんさがんさっかさつか

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-2, 4-5-1SKIP code
5c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6010.1Four corner code
3979deroo
76eeUnicode hex code
1-44-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3127Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3906New Nelson (John Haig)
3043New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3777Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2619Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
15Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
65A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
191Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
22Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23105Morohashi
72A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
55Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
55Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25sakade
75Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
30henshall3
48Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
91crowley
168Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.11busy_people
1376Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
15Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mu4Pinyin reading
mogKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

closed, shut

Kun
と.じると.ざすし.めるし.まるた.てる
On
ヘイ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
951 of 2500
Radical
gate
WaniKani
Level 33

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
3-8-3SKIP code
8e3.3The Kanji Dictionary
7724.7Four corner code
3847deroo
9589Unicode hex code
1-42-36JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4945Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6385New Nelson (John Haig)
3319New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4116Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2090Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2832Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1623Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1751Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1143A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
900Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41222Morohashi
968A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
397Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
401Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
981Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
979henshall3
931Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
216Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.16busy_people
1839Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1637Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bi4Pinyin reading
pyeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
33WaniKani level