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  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

    being so content that one would not mind dying; one can now rest in peace; one ought to be contented with what has been accomplished

    Idiomatic expression

Also written もって瞑すべし【もってめいすべし】以って瞑すべし【もってめいすべし】

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Characters in this word

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by means of, because, in view of, compared with

Kun
もっ.て
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N4
Frequency
126 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

もち

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-3, 1-3-2SKIP code
0a5.1The Kanji Dictionary
2810.0Four corner code
1262deroo
4ee5Unicode hex code
1-16-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
348Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
109New Nelson (John Haig)
41New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
45Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
25Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
26Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1028Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1105Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
157A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
134Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
221Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
388Morohashi
419A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
46Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
46Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
342sakade
112Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
443henshall3
446Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
118crowley
420Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.10busy_people
43Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1037Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi3Pinyin reading
iKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sleep, dark, close eyes

Kun
めい.するつぶ.るつむ.るくら.い
On
メイベンミョウミンメン
Strokes
15
Frequency
2326 of 2500
Radical
eye

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
1-5-10SKIP code
5c10.3The Kanji Dictionary
6708.0Four corner code
7791Unicode hex code
1-66-52JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3151Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3954New Nelson (John Haig)
2842Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2859Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
23600Morohashi
ming2Pinyin reading
myeong, myeonKorean reading