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孟

孟 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 長男。長女。庶子の長。
  2. 初め。
  3. 勉める。
  4. そそっかしい。杜撰。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「子」+音符「皿」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

chief, beginning

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • モウ
  • ボウ
  • ミョウ
Kun (native)
  • かしら
Nanori (used in names)
  • たけし
  • たけ
  • はる
  • はじめ
  • つとむ
  • おさ
  • はい
Other languages
  • 拼音meng4
  • 한글maeng
  • 한글mang
  • Hán-ViệtMạnh
  • Hán-ViệtMãng

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
子(こ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5B5F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱子皿

Words using this kanji

  • 孟子もうし中国・戦国時代の魯の儒学者。儒学では孔子に次いで重要な人物とされる。Mencius (372-289 BCE), Mengzi, Mencius (one of the Four Books)
  • 孟夏もうか夏の初めの頃。 陰暦の四月。beginning of summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 孟春もうしゅん春の初め。 陰暦一月の異称。beginning of spring, first month of the lunar calendar
  • 孟女もうじょeldest daughter
  • 孟秋もうしゅう秋の初めの頃。初秋。 陰暦の七月。beginning of autumn, seventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 孟冬もうとう冬の初め。 陰暦の十月の異称。beginning of winter, tenth month of the lunar calendar
  • 孟宗もうそうmoso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)
  • 孟浪もうろうcareless, incoherent, sloppy, negligent
  • 孟買ボンベイBombay (old name for Mumbai)
  • 孟宗竹もうそうちくmoso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)
  • 孟母三遷もうぼさんせん子供のため最善の住環境を整えることの喩え。the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning
  • 孟宗の節もうそうのふしroot of a moso bamboo
  • 孟母三遷の教えもうぼさんせんのおしえthe importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning
  • 孟母断機の教えもうぼだんきのおしえ(the lesson that) one should not leave things unfinished

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-5
Four Corner
1710.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2c5.1
Heisig
2872
Nelson
1269