昧
to conceal; dark
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Dict coverage rank #2,460 U+6627
How 昧 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
日 (semantic, “sun”) + 未 (phonetic, wèi)
How to remember it
obscure · Heisig RSH #1577
sun + 未 not yet
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 未
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 未 (wèi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未 sound component | wèi | not yet; 8th terrestrial branch |
| 味 | wèi | taste; smell, odor; delicacy |
| 妹 | mèi | younger sister |
Words containing 昧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 素昧平生 | sù mèi píng shēng | (idiom) to have never met sb before; entirely unacquainted |
| 蒙昧无知 | méng mèi wú zhī | benighted (idiom); ignorant |
| 昧良心 | mèi liáng xīn | it goes against one's conscience |
| 拾金不昧 | shí jīn bù mèi | to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner |
| 愚昧无知 | yú mèi wú zhī | stupid and ignorant (idiom) |
| 昧心 | mèi xīn | against one's conscience |
| 三昧 | sān mèi | Samadhi (Buddhist term) |
| 昧死 | mèi sǐ | to risk one's life |
| 蒙昧 | méng mèi | uncultured; uncivilized; God-forsaken; ignorant; illiterate |
| 昧没 | mèi mò | veiled; obscure |
| 暗昧 | àn mèi | obscure; remaining unenlightened |
| 瞒心昧己 | mán xīn mèi jǐ | to blot out one's conscience |
| 不揣冒昧 | bù chuǎi mào mèi | to venture to; to presume to; to take the liberty of |
| 冒昧 | mào mèi | bold; presumptuous; to take the liberty of |
| 暧昧关系 | ài mèi guān xì | shady relationship; affair; adulterous relationship |
| 昧旦 | mèi dàn | the time just before daybreak |
| 恕我冒昧 | shù wǒ mào mèi | if I may be so bold |
| 愚昧 | yú mèi | ignorant; uneducated; ignorance |
| 暧昧 | ài mèi | vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious |