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

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)⁺
  - 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/

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

^† A type of locust-like tree.
Used in 檸檬／柠檬 (níngméng, “lemon”).
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))

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