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蒙

See also: 懞, 矇, and 濛
蒙 U+8499, 蒙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8499
← 蒘
[U+8498] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蒚 →
[U+849A]

Translingual

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Han character

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蒙 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿月一人 (TBMO), four-corner 44232, composition ⿱艹冡 or ⿳𫇦一豕)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1048, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31555
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1509, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3271, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8499

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 蒙
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
Characters in the same phonetic series (冡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蒙 *moːŋ
冡 *moːŋ
濛 *moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
艨 *moːŋ, *moːŋs
朦 *moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
矇 *moːŋ
饛 *moːŋ
檬 *moːŋ
鸏 *moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
幪 *moːŋ
蠓 *moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
靀 *moːŋ
曚 *moːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *moːŋ) : semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 冡 (OC *moːŋ)

Etymology 1

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trad. 蒙
simp. # 蒙
2nd round simp. 𰰡
alternative forms ⿱𫇦二 2nd round simp. (1981)

STEDT compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *muːŋ ~ r/s-muːk (“foggy; dark; sullen; menacing; thunder”).

Pronunciation 1

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Note: mou5 - variant.
Note: 1'mon = ~眼睛.
Note: mung2 - only in 蒙古 (“Mongolia”).
Rime
Character 蒙
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫紅切
Baxter muwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/muŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/muŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/muŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/məwŋ/
Li
Rong 		/muŋ/
Wang
Li 		/muŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/muŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		méng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mung4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蒙
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		méng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ muwng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mˁoŋ/
English cover (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蒙
Reading # 1/1
No. 8969
Phonetic
component 		冡
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		蒙
Old
Chinese 		/*moːŋ/
Definitions
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蒙

  1. † dodder (Cuscuta chinensis)
  2. to cover
    用手帕蒙著臉／用手帕蒙着脸  ―  yòng shǒupà méng zhe liǎn  ―  to cover one's face with a handkerchief
  3. to deceive; to hide the truth from
  4. to suffer
    蒙難／蒙难  ―  méngnàn  ―  to suffer a catastrophe
    蒙羞  ―  méngxiū  ―  to be ashamed
  5. (honorific) to receive (a favour)
    如蒙俯允，不勝感激。 [MSC, trad.]
    如蒙俯允，不胜感激。 [MSC, simp.]
    Rú méng fǔyǔn, bùshèng gǎnjī. [Pinyin]
    I would be most grateful if the favour is granted.
  6. ignorant
    啟蒙／启蒙  ―  qǐméng  ―  to impart rudimentary knowledge to beginners
    蒙昧  ―  méngmèi  ―  ignorant; benighted
  7. fourth hexagram of the I Ching
  8. a surname
    蒙民偉／蒙民伟 [Cantonese]  ―  mung4 man4 wai5 [Jyutping]  ―  William Mong Man-wai (Hong Kong businessman)
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2

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Definitions
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蒙

  1. to lose consciousness
    把他給打蒙了／把他给打蒙了  ―  bǎ tā gěi dǎ mēng le  ―  to knock him out

Etymology 2

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trad. 蒙
simp. # 蒙
2nd round simp. 𰰡

Pronunciation

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Note: mou5 - variant.
Rime
Character 蒙
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫紅切
Baxter muwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/muŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/muŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/muŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/məwŋ/
Li
Rong 		/muŋ/
Wang
Li 		/muŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/muŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		méng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mung4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蒙
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		méng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ muwng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mˁoŋ/
English cover (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蒙
Reading # 1/1
No. 8969
Phonetic
component 		冡
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		蒙
Old
Chinese 		/*moːŋ/

Definitions

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蒙

  1. Short for 蒙古 (Měnggǔ, “Mongolia”). Specifically, it can mean the country of Mongolia, or Inner Mongolia of China, or terms related to Mongols.
    中蒙邊界／中蒙边界  ―  Zhōng Měng biānjiè  ―  Sino-Mongolian border
    滿蒙聯姻／满蒙联姻  ―  Mǎn Měng liányīn  ―  Intermarriage between Manchus and Mongols
Compounds
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Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of 蒙 – see 濛 (“drizzling, misty, raining”).
(This character is the simplified form of 濛).
Notes:

Etymology 4

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For pronunciation and definitions of 蒙 – see 懞 (“honest; sincere; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 懞).
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Compounds

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Etymology 5

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For pronunciation and definitions of 蒙 – see 矇 (“to cheat; to deceive; to dupe; to make a wild guess; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 矇).
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Kanji

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蒙

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Compounds

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Compounds


Kanji in this term
蒙
もう
Jinmeiyō
kan'yōon

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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蒙(もう) • (mō) 

  1. humble first-person personal pronoun; I, me
    • c. 1368-1375 Taiheiki (preface)
      蒙窃採古今之変化、察安危之来由、覆而無外天之徳也。

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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蒙 (eumhun 입을 몽 (ibeul mong))

  1. hanja form? of 몽 (“cover, ignorant”)
  2. hanja form? of 몽 (“suffer”)
  3. hanja form? of 몽 (“Mongolia”)

Tày

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Noun

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蒙 (mùng)

  1. Nôm form of mùng (“top, roof”).

Vietnamese

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Han character

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蒙: Hán Nôm readings: mông, mong, mòng, mỏng, muống

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