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萌
萌
See also: 萠
Translingual
Han character
萌 (radical 140 艸+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿日月 (TAB), four-corner 44627, composition ⿱艹明)
References
- KangXi: page 1041, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31265
- Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3233, character 14
- Unihan data for U+840C
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
萌 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (明) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 莔 | *mraːŋ, *qʰɯd |
| 明 | *mraŋ |
| 盟 | *mraŋ, *mraːŋs |
| 萌 | *mreːŋ |
| 奣 | *ʔmraːŋʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
- Wade-Giles: mêng2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
- IPA (key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mang4
- Yale: màhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: mang4
- IPA (key): /mɐŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 萌 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /məŋ³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /məŋ²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /məŋ⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /məŋ⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /məŋ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /məŋ⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /məŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /mə̃²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /məŋ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /mə̃n⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /mɤŋ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /moŋ²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /moŋ³¹/ | |
| Guiyang |
/min²¹/ /moŋ²¹/ 新 |
|
| Kunming | /moŋ³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /mən²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /məŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /məŋ¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /məŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /mə̃ŋ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /mg²³/ |
| Suzhou | /mən¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /men²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /miɛ³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /mʌ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /man⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /moŋ¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /min¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /men¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /men¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /mɐŋ²¹/ |
| Nanning | /meŋ²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /mɐŋ²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /biŋ³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /mɛiŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /meiŋ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /meŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /moŋ³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 萌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 耕 (117) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 莫耕切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mˠɛŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/mᵚæŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/mɐŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/məɨjŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/mɛŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/mæŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/mæŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
méng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 萌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9191 |
| Phonetic component |
明 |
| Rime group |
耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
甍 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mreːŋ/ |
Etymology 1
Verb
萌
Etymology 2
Definitions
萌
Derived terms
Japanese
Kanji
萌
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Proper noun
- A female given name
Korean
Hanja
萌 • (maeng) (hangeul 맹, revised maeng, McCune-Reischauer maeng, Yale mayng)
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Vietnamese
Han character
萌 (manh, mánh, mảnh, mành)
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