盟

盟 U+76DF, 盟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76DF ← 盞 [U+76DE] CJK Unified Ideographs 盠 → [U+76E0]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		盟
variant forms		𥁰 𧖸 𥂗 𧖽 𢄾

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): min², mong²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mang⁴, maang⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): min⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): meng¹
• Min Bei (KCR): měng
• Min Nan (POJ): bêng
• Wu (Wiktionary): men (T3); min (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): min²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: min², mong²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: min, mung
    • IPA ^(key): /min²¹ moŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mang⁴, maang⁶
    • Yale: màhng, maahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴, maang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴, mang⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹/, /mɑːŋ²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: min⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /min³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: meng¹
    • IPA (old-style): /mə̃ŋ¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: měng
    • 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/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: men (T3); min (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /məɲ²³/, /mɪɲ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: min²
    • IPA ^(key): /min¹³/

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• 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	/məñ⁵³/
	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	/məŋ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/məŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/mən¹³/
	Hangzhou	/men²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/meŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/miʌ̃⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/man⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/min¹³/
	Xiangtan	/min¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/min⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/men¹¹/
	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/

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• Middle Chinese: /mˠiæŋ/, /mˠæŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	盟	盟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	武兵切	莫更切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiæŋ/	/mˠæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiaŋ/	/mᵚaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/miaŋ/	/maŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/	/maɨjŋH/
Li Rong	/miɐŋ/	/mɐŋH/
Wang Li	/mĭɐŋ/	/mɐŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɐŋ/	/mɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	mèng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mraŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mraŋ/, /*mraːŋs/

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	盟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9189	9190
Phonetic component	明	明
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	明	孟
Old Chinese	/*mraŋ/	/*mraːŋs/

Definitions

盟

1. to swear; to pledge
2. oath; covenant; alliance
3. league (administrative unit in Inner Mongolia)

Compounds

• 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
• 城下之盟
• 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
• 渝盟
• 潰盟／溃盟
• 澶淵之盟／澶渊之盟
• 盟主 (méngzhǔ)
• 盟兄弟
• 盟友 (méngyǒu)
• 盟國／盟国 (méngguó)
• 盟墨
• 盟府
• 盟戰／盟战
• 盟旗制度

• 盟書／盟书
• 盟津
• 盟約／盟约 (méngyuē)
• 盟誓 (méngshì)
• 盟軍／盟军 (méngjūn)
• 盟邦 (méngbāng)
• 盟長／盟长
• 神聖同盟／神圣同盟
• 結盟／结盟 (jiéméng)
• 締盟／缔盟
• 聯盟／联盟 (liánméng)
• 蒞盟／莅盟
• 西歐聯盟／西欧联盟
• 要盟
• 訂盟／订盟
• 詛盟／诅盟
• 誓山盟海
• 誓海盟山
• 車笠之盟／车笠之盟
• 部落同盟
• 金石之盟
• 鷗盟／鸥盟
• 齊盟／齐盟
• 齧臂盟／啮臂盟

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Japanese

Kanji

盟

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. alliance

Readings

• Goon: みょう (myō)
• Kan’on: めい (mei, Jōyō)
• Kun: ちかう (chikau, 盟う); ちかい (chikai, 盟い)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

盟 (minh)

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