矇

矇

See also: 蒙

矇 U+77C7, 矇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77C7 ← 矆 [U+77C6] CJK Unified Ideographs 矈 → [U+77C8]

Translingual

Han character

矇 (radical 109, 目+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月山廿月人 (BUTBO), four-corner 6403₂, composition ⿰目蒙)

1. stupid, ignorant
2. blind

References

• KangXi: page 819, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23774
• Dae Jaweon: page 1231, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2516, character 7
• Unihan data for U+77C7

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Chinese

trad.		矇
simp.		蒙*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 矇
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
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mùng

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mung²
    • IPA: /muŋ¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /muŋ/▼

Rime
Character	矇
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	矇
Reading #	1/1
No.	8974
Phonetic component	冡
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蒙
Old Chinese	/*moːŋ/

Definitions

矇

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Compounds

曠若發矇／旷若发蒙 欺矇／欺蒙 淚眼矇矓／泪眼蒙眬 發矇振聵／发蒙振聩 瞳矇／瞳蒙 矇事／蒙事 矇住／蒙住

矇昧／蒙昧 矇松雨／蒙松雨 矇混／蒙混 矇瞍／蒙瞍 矇矇／蒙蒙 (méngméng) 矇矇亮／蒙蒙亮 矇矓／蒙眬 (ménglóng)

矇聵／蒙聩 矇著／蒙著 矇著鍋兒／蒙著锅儿 矇蔽／蒙蔽 矇頭轉向／蒙头转向 矇騙／蒙骗 (mēngpiàn) 藏矇歌兒／藏蒙歌儿

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Japanese

Kanji

矇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: む (mu)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kan’yō-on: もう (mō)
• Kun: くらい (kurai, 矇い); めしい (meshii, 矇い)

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Korean

Hanja

矇 • (mong) (hangeul 몽, revised mong, McCune–Reischauer mong, Yale mong)

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