盟

盟	U+76DF, 盟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76DF

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

盟 (radical 108, 皿+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日月月廿 (ABBT), four-corner 6710₇, composition ⿱明皿)

References[edit]

KangXi: page 795, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23024
Dae Jaweon: page 1210, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2565, character 7
Unihan data for U+76DF

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		盟
alternative forms		𥁰𧖸𥂗𧖽𢄾

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 盟
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
莔	mraːŋ, qʰɯd
明	*mraŋ
盟	mraŋ, mraːŋs
萌	*mreːŋ
奣	*ʔmraːŋʔ

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

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

Oracle bone script (𥁰): Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mraŋ, *mraːŋs): semantic 囧 + phonetic 皿 (OC *maŋʔ).

Bronze inscriptions (𥂗): Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mraŋ, *mraːŋs): phonetic 朙 + semantic 皿. 月 was added to 𥁰. 朙 is an ancient form of 明, and now this character (盟) is a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mraŋ, *mraːŋs): phonetic 明 (OC *mraŋ) + semantic 皿.

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): méng (meng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

(Chengdu, SP): min², mong²
Cantonese (Jyutping): mang⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): min⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): meng¹
Min Bei (KCR): měng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): mêng⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): men (T3); min (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): min²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: méng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
  - Wade–Giles: mêng²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: min², mong²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: min, mung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹ moŋ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mang⁴
  - Yale: màhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: min⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: meng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /mə̃ŋ¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: měng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meiŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng
  - Tâi-lô: bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: men (T3); min (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /məɲ²³/, /mɪɲ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: min²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min¹³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 盟 (同盟)
Mandarin	Beijing	/məŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/məŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/məŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/məŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/məŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/məŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/məŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/mə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/məŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/mə̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/mɤŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/min²¹³/
	Chengdu	/min³¹/ /moŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/min²¹/ 老 /moŋ²¹/ 新
	Kunming	/moŋ³¹/
	Nanjing	/mən²⁴/
	Hefei	/məŋ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/məŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/miŋ¹³/ /məŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/mə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/məŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/mən¹³/
	Hangzhou	/men²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/meŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/miʌ̃⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/man⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/min¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/min¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/min⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/men¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/men¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/mɐŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/mɐŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/mɐŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/biŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/mɛiŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/meiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/meŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/moŋ³¹/

Middle Chinese: /mˠiæŋ/

Rime
Character	盟
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武兵切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/miaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/
Li Rong	/miɐŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mraŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mraŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	盟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	méng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*mraŋ/
English	covenant
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盟
Reading #	1/2
No.	9189
Phonetic component	明
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	明
Old Chinese	/*mraŋ/

Definitions[edit]

盟

to swear; to pledge
oath; covenant; alliance
league (administrative unit in Inner Mongolia)

Compounds[edit]

不結盟／不结盟
主盟
乞盟
侯馬盟書／侯马盟书
割臂以盟
割臂盟
割臂盟公
加盟 (jiāméng)
加盟店
劫盟
匱盟／匮盟
同盟 (tóngméng)
同盟國／同盟国 (tóngméngguó)
同盟會／同盟会 (tóngménghuì)
同盟者 (tóngméngzhě)
國際聯盟／国际联盟 (Guójì Liánméng)
城下之盟 (chéngxiàzhīméng)
大同盟
姊妹盟
定盟
家族同盟
寒盟
屢盟／屡盟
山盟海誓 (shānménghǎishì)

拜盟
指地為盟／指地为盟
指水盟松
攻守同盟 (gōngshǒu tóngméng)
敗盟／败盟
普奧同盟／普奥同盟
曹柯之盟
會盟／会盟 (huìméng)
柯盟
桃園盟／桃园盟
歃血為盟／歃血为盟 (shàxuè-wéiméng)
歃血而盟
海誓山盟 (hǎishìshānméng)
渝盟
潰盟／溃盟
澶淵之盟／澶渊之盟
盟主 (méngzhǔ)
盟兄弟 (méngxiōngdì)
盟友 (méngyǒu)
盟國／盟国 (méngguó)
盟墨
盟府
盟戰／盟战
盟旗制度

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mèng (meng⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ
  - Wade–Giles: mêng⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menq
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maang⁶
  - Yale: maahng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mang⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mäːŋ²²/

Middle Chinese: /mˠæŋ^H/

Rime
Character	盟
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫更切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠæŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚaŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/maŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨjŋ^H/
Li Rong	/mɐŋ^H/
Wang Li	/mɐŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɐŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mang⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mraːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盟
Reading #	2/2
No.	9190
Phonetic component	明
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	孟
Old Chinese	/*mraːŋs/

Definitions[edit]

盟

Only used in 盟津, alternative form of 孟津 (Mèngjīn).

References[edit]

“盟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

盟

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

alliance

Readings[edit]

Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←みやう (myau, historical)}
Kan-on: めい (mei, Jōyō)
Kun: ちかう (chikau, 盟う); ちかい (chikai, 盟い)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

盟 • (maeng) (hangeul 맹, revised maeng, McCune–Reischauer maeng, Yale mayng)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

盟: Hán Nôm readings: minh

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盟

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Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Definitions[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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