懵

懵 · měng

stupid, ignorant, dull

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
měng
Cantonese
mung2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

stupid, ignorant, dull

Dictionary definitions & readings

懵 měng · (bound form) confused; ignorant

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42367.010:měng,mèng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0778.150:měng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
249.040:měng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
měng粵mung5,mung2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ボウ おろか くらい Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
莫孔 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
PTWU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
9406.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0408.120 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
236.12 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+61F5
Radical
心 · 61
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
16
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6363

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
懵
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
muwngX · 莫孔 · 通開一上東明 · #1158

PHONO-ML, source line 8882; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
549.403
kCowles
2801
kDaeJaweon
0749.120
kFennIndex
337.08
kHanYu
42367.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
0749.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42367.010
kIRGKangXi
0408.120
kKangXi
0408.120
kLau
2231 2232
kMatthews
4436
kMeyerWempe
1918
kMorohashi
11451:E0102
kSBGY
236.12
kSMSZD2003Index
233.17
kCangjie
PTWU
kFourCornerCode
9406.2
kHKGlyph
1446
kMojiJoho
MJ012030 MJ012030:E0101 MJ012031:E0102
kPhonetic
934
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-6342
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C36A
kIRG_JSource
J4-2C71
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-44A8
kIRG_KSource
K2-337B
kIRG_TSource
T1-7837
kRSUnicode
61.16
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
C36A
kCCCII
213F57
kCNS1986
1-7837
kCNS1992
1-7837
kEACC
213F57
kGB0
6734
kGB1
6734
kJIS0213
2,12,81
kMainlandTelegraph
2035
kTGH
2013:6363
kTaiwanTelegraph
2035
kXerox
273:074
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17656+61.3.15
kCantonese
mung2
kDefinition
stupid, ignorant, dull
kFanqie
莫孔
kHanyuPinyin
42367.010:měng,mèng
kJapanese
ボウ おろか くらい
kMandarin
měng
kSMSZD2003Readings
měng粵mung5,mung2
kTGHZ2013
249.040:měng
kXHC1983
0778.150:měng
kSemanticVariant
U+61DC<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe

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Structure & connections

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Shape description
忄 beside 瞢 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰忄瞢$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰忄瞢$(GHTJKP)

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