孟

See also: 盂

Translingual

Han character

孟 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓木月廿 (NDBT), four-corner 1710₇, composition ⿱子皿)

Derived characters

• 𠗠, 𠵼, 𡝹, 𢛴, 掹, 𬈂, 猛, 𣓶, 𪹁, 𤗖, 𤦕, 䁅, 𮃑, 𥺬, 𦁧, 艋, 蜢, 𧩌, 錳, 锰, 鯭, 勐, 䓝, 𤷪

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 278, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6960
• Dae Jaweon: page 546, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1013, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5B5F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		孟
alternative forms		𥁪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (皿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
猛	*mraːŋʔ
艋	*mraːŋʔ
蜢	*mraːŋʔ
皿	*maŋʔ
孟	*mraːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mraːŋs) : semantic 子 (“child; son”) + phonetic 皿 (OC *maŋʔ)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *maŋ (“big; old; elder (brother, uncle)”); cognate with Anong ʈhi³¹ mɑŋ³¹ (“old; elderly”), Drung tvmvng (“elder sibling”), Burmese မင်း (mang:, “monarch; king”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Likely related to 兄 (OC *hmraŋ, “older brother”) (Sagart, 1999; STEDT). Perhaps also related to 芒 (OC *maːŋ, *maŋ, “great; extensive”) and 荒 (OC *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs, “vast; excessive; senile”) (Sagart, 1999; Schuessler, 2007).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 孟

1. eldest brother
2. first month of a season
3. (figuratively) first in series
4. (figuratively) great, eminent
5. to strive; to endeavor
6. Short for 孟子 (Mèngzǐ, “Mencius; Mencius (book)”).
7. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 猛 (měng, “bold; powerful”).
8. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

孟

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. Used in personal names.

Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←みやう (myau, historical)}; もう (mō)^{←まう (mau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}; もう (mō)^{←まう (mau, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: まん (man)
• Kun: おさ (osa, 孟)^{←をさ (wosa, 孟, historical)}; かしら (kashira, 孟); たけ (take, 孟)
• Nanori: たけし (takeshi); つとむ (tsutomu); はじめ (hajime); はる (haru)

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Korean

Hanja

孟 • (maeng, mang) (hangeul 맹, 망, revised maeng, mang, McCune–Reischauer maeng, mang)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

孟: Hán Việt readings: mạnh
孟: Nôm readings: mạnh, mảnh

1. Nôm form of mạnh (“strong; powerful; vigorous”).

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Zhuang

Pronoun

孟

1. Sawndip form of mwngz (“you”)