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U+6726, 朦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6726

[U+6725]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6727]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 74, +14 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 月+13 in simplified Chinese and Japanese, 18 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 17 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese, cangjie input 月廿月人 (BTBO), four-corner 74232, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 507, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14409
  • Dae Jaweon: page 888, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2115, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6726

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *moːŋ, *moːŋʔ) : semantic (moon) + phonetic (OC *moːŋ).

Unlike most other characters with a (yuè)-like component on the left, this character's (yuè) is not a simplification of ; 朦朧朦胧 (ménglóng) was originally used in reference to the moon.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (4) (4)
Final () (1) (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter muwng muwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muŋ/ /muŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/muŋ/ /muŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/muŋ/ /muŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/məwŋ/ /məwŋX/
Li
Rong
/muŋ/ /muŋX/
Wang
Li
/muŋ/ /muŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/muŋ/ /muŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
méng měng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mung4 mung5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8973 8984
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*moːŋ/ /*moːŋʔ/

Definitions

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  1. (of moonlight) hazy; dim
      ―  ménglóng  ―  hazy
  2. to cover

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. dim, obscure (of moonlight)

Readings

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  • Go-on: (mu)
  • Kan-on: ぼう ()
  • Kan’yō-on: もう ()
  • Kun: おぼろ (oboro, )

Compounds

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Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC muwng|muwngX).

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 흐릴 (heuril mong))

  1. hanja form? of (Used in 몽롱(朦朧) (mongnong))

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: mông, mồng

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