蒙

蒙 · méng

cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃

Mandarin
méng
Cantonese
mung4

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 蒙 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

モウボウモム

Kun’yomi · hiragana

おおうくらいこうむる

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

モウ ボウ モ ム おおう くらい こうむる

Korean 한국어

Hanja readings · Hangul

몽

Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.

Reading sources explained
몽
KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kHangul ↗ · provisional property

몽:0E

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

mông

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

mông

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8499
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
13 · Unihan
Residual
10

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

13 strokes
蒙
Strokes
13
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

13 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.

Graphical structure

⿱艹冡(GHTJKPV)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 蒙

Character connections

2 catalogue records include this shape in their first retained IDS. Graphical containment does not imply shared etymology.

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Reverse links to attributed component analyses. Open each character for its role, source and words. Shared components do not establish word ancestry.

History & distinctions

Related forms

懞 · 濛 · 矇 · 𰰡

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
muwng · 莫紅 反切 · #23

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 203 · muwng = 通開一平東明

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
méng
kCantonese
mung4
kDefinition
cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃
kTotalStrokes
13
kRSUnicode
140.10
kTraditionalVariant
U+61DE U+6FDB U+77C7 U+8499
kSimplifiedVariant
U+8499 U+30C21
kTGH
2013:2859

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
méng,měng,mēng 53271.040
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
mēng 0777.040 · méng 0777.070 · měng 0778.120
Tongyong Guifan · 2013
mēng 247.160,247.170 · méng 248.040,248.050,248.060,248.070 · měng 248.200
Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
méng(62) mēng(15) měng(13)
Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
méng粵mung4 měng粵mung4
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Find examples using 蒙 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
166dictionary records using 蒙9forms using this shape4attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 冡 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱艹冡$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹冡$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.