Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Eye (mù) Character: Mang Kangxi strokes: 8 Page 800, Entry 02 Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced mang. Mangyang, the appearance of looking upward. Also pronounced pang. Also pronounced wang. The meaning is the same. Corrected Character Compendium (Zhengzitong): A common variant of the character for blind, composed of the characters for vanish and eye, meaning to lose one's sight. How could one possibly look upward?