檬

檬 U+6AAC, 檬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6AAC ← 檫 [U+6AAB] CJK Unified Ideographs 檭 → [U+6AAD]

Translingual

Han character

檬 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 木廿月人 (DTBO), four-corner 4493₂, composition ⿰木蒙)

References

• KangXi: page 558, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15710
• Dae Jaweon: page 947, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1299, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6AAC

Chinese

trad.		檬
simp. #		檬

Glyph origin

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, OC *moːŋ): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 蒙 (OC *moːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung^4-1, mung⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): bông / bóng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²
    • Yale: méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mung^4-1, mung⁴
    • Yale: mūng, mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung^4-1, mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung^4-1, mung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/, /mʊŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, dated in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
    • Tâi-lô: bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóng
    • Tâi-lô: bóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: borng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /muŋ/

Rime
Character	檬
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
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	檬
Reading #	1/1
No.	8976
Phonetic component	冡
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蒙
Old Chinese	/*moːŋ/

Definitions

檬

1. ^† A type of locust-like tree.
2. Used in 檸檬／柠檬 (níngméng, “lemon”).
3. bún (Vietnamese dish)

Compounds

• 檬果 (méngguǒ)
• 檬粉 (méngfěn)

• 海檬果
• 檸檬／柠檬 (níngméng)

• 檸檬素／柠檬素
• 檸檬酸／柠檬酸 (níngméngsuān)

Japanese

Kanji

檬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぼう (bō); も (mo)

Korean

Hanja

檬 (eumhun 레몬 (lemon) 몽 (remon ( lemon ) mong))

1. Hanja form^? of 몽 (“lemon”).

Compounds

• 영몽 (檸檬, yeongmong, “lemon”)
• 몽과 (檬果, monggwa, “mango”)

Vietnamese

Han character

檬: Hán Nôm readings: muồng, môm, mông, muỗm

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References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999