濛

濛

See also: 蒙

濛 U+6FDB, 濛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FDB ← 濚 [U+6FDA] CJK Unified Ideographs 濜 → [U+6FDC]

Translingual

Han character

濛 (radical 85, 水+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 水廿月人 (ETBO), four-corner 3413₂, composition ⿰氵蒙)

1. drizzling, misty, raining

References

• KangXi: page 655, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18491
• Dae Jaweon: page 1066, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1753, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6FDB

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Chinese

trad.		濛
simp.		蒙*
variant forms		靀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 濛
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): móng
• Min Nan (POJ): bông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mung⁴
    • Yale: mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: móng
    • IPA ^(key): /mouŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
    • Tâi-lô: bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /muŋ/, /muŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	濛	濛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫紅切	莫孔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwŋ/	/məwŋX/
Li Rong	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Wang Li	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng	měng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːŋ/, /*moːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	濛	濛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8971	8983
Phonetic component	冡	冡
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	蒙	蠓
Old Chinese	/*moːŋ/	/*moːŋʔ/

Definitions

濛

1. drizzling, misty, raining

Compounds

冥濛／冥蒙 凌濛初／凌蒙初 涳濛／涳蒙 淡濛濛／淡蒙蒙 溟濛／溟蒙 (míngméng) 澒濛／澒蒙

濛昧／蒙昧 濛昧不清／蒙昧不清 濛汜／蒙汜 濛濛／蒙蒙 (méngméng) 濛濛細雨／蒙蒙细雨

濛鬆雨／蒙松雨 濛鴻／蒙鸿 灰濛濛／灰蒙蒙 空濛／空蒙 (kōngméng) 迷濛／迷蒙 (míméng)

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Japanese

Kanji

濛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: む (mu)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kan’yō-on: もう (mō)
• Kun: うすぐらい (usugurai, 濛い); くらい (kurai, 濛い); こさめ (kosame, 濛)

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Korean

Hanja

濛 (eum 몽 (mong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

濛: Hán Nôm readings: mông

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