萌

See also: 萠

萌 U+840C, 萌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-840C ← 萋 [U+840B] CJK Unified Ideographs 萍 → [U+840D]

Translingual

Han character

萌 (radical 140, 艸+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿日月 (TAB), four-corner 4462₇, composition ⿱艹明)

Derived characters

• 𢅆, 橗, 𫄁, 𬠫, 𧾆, 𬝡, 𢡗

References

• KangXi: page 1041, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31265
• Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3233, character 14
• Unihan data for U+840C

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Chinese

trad.		萌
simp. #		萌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (明) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
莔	*mraːŋ, *qʰɯd
明	*mraŋ
盟	*mraŋ, *mraːŋs
萌	*mreːŋ
奣	*ʔmraːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mreːŋ): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 明 (OC *mraŋ).

Etymology

“to bud; to begin”

Compare Lepcha ᰖᰮ (mlam, “shoots that sprout from stump of tree”) (Schuessler, 2007).

“cute; adorable”

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え (moe).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): mong²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): mang⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mang³

• Gan (Wiktionary): min⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mèn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mên²

• Jin (Wiktionary): meng¹
• Min Bei (KCR): měng
• Min Dong (BUC): mèng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): men (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): mong² / min²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mong²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mung
    • IPA ^(key): /moŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mang⁴
    • Yale: màhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mang³
    • IPA ^(key): /ᵐbaŋ²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: min⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /min³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: menˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: men²
    • IPA: /men¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mên²
    • IPA: /mɛn¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: meng¹
    • IPA (old-style): /mə̃ŋ¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: měng
    • IPA ^(key): /meiŋ²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mèng
    • IPA ^(key): /mɛiŋ⁵³/
• 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
    • IPA ^(key): /meŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: men (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /məɲ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: mong² / min²
    • IPA ^(key) (old-style): /mʊŋ¹³/, /min¹³/
    • IPA ^(key) (new-style): /mən¹³/, /min¹³/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 萌
Mandarin	Beijing	/məŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/məŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/məŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/məŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/məŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/məŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/məŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/mə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/məŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/mə̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/mɤŋ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/moŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/moŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/min²¹/ /moŋ²¹/ 新
	Kunming	/moŋ³¹/
	Nanjing	/mən²⁴/
	Hefei	/məŋ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/məŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/məŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/mə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/mg²³/
	Suzhou	/mən¹³/
	Hangzhou	/men²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/miɛ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/mʌ̃⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/man⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/moŋ¹³/
	Xiangtan	/min¹²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/men¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/men¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/mɐŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/meŋ²¹/
	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: /mˠɛŋ/▼

Rime
Character	萌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫耕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/mɛŋ/
Wang Li	/mæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*mreːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萌
Reading #	1/1
No.	9191
Phonetic component	明
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	甍
Old Chinese	/*mreːŋ/

Definitions

萌

1. to bud; to sprout
2. to begin; to start
3. (Internet slang, originally ACG) cute; adorable

   賣萌 / 卖萌  ―  màiméng  ―  to act cutely

Compounds

• 亂萌／乱萌
• 人萌
• 兆萌
• 六萌車／六萌车
• 勾萌
• 區萌／区萌
• 句萌
• 姦萌／奸萌
• 字萌
• 孚萌
• 孳萌
• 寡萌
• 庶萌
• 故態復萌／故态复萌
• 未萌
• 杜漸防萌／杜渐防萌
• 杞萌
• 根萌
• 梨萌
• 民萌
• 氓萌
• 浮萌
• 滋萌
• 燼萌／烬萌

• 眾萌／众萌
• 竹萌
• 箭萌
• 群萌
• 舊念復萌／旧念复萌
• 舊態復萌／旧态复萌
• 良萌
• 萌人
• 萌俗
• 萌兆
• 萌兒／萌儿
• 萌動／萌动
• 萌孽
• 萌庶
• 萌櫱
• 萌毓
• 萌牙
• 萌生 (méngshēng)
• 萌甲
• 萌發／萌发 (méngfā)
• 萌芽 (méngyá)
• 萌茁
• 萌象
• 萌起

• 萌通
• 萌達／萌达
• 萌陽／萌阳
• 萌隸／萌隶
• 萌黎
• 葭萌
• 蒼萌／苍萌
• 見微知萌／见微知萌
• 貧萌／贫萌
• 賓萌／宾萌
• 賣萌／卖萌 (màiméng)
• 逆萌
• 遏漸防萌／遏渐防萌
• 遺萌／遗萌
• 邊萌／边萌
• 邪萌
• 開萌／开萌
• 防患未萌
• 防芽遏萌
• 防萌
• 防萌杜漸／防萌杜渐
• 餘萌／余萌
• 黎萌

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Japanese

Kanji

萌

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. bud, sprout

Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←みやう (myau, historical)}
• Kan-on: もう (mō)^{←まう (mau, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}; ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
• Kun: きざし (kizashi, 萌し); きざす (kizasu, 萌す); めばえ (mebae, 萌); めぐむ (megumu, 萌む); もえ (moe, 萌); もえる (moeru, 萌える)
• Nanori: ほの (hono); めぐみ (megumi); めみ (memi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 萌 (ほう)芽 (が) (hōga)
• 萌蘖 (ほうげつ) (hōgetsu)
• 萌出 (ほうしゅつ) (hōshutsu)
• 萌 (ほう)生 (せい) (hōsei)
• 萌 (ほう)動 (どう) (hōdō)
• 萌発 (ほうはつ) (hōhatsu)
• 萌葱 (もえぎ), 萌 (もえ)黄 (ぎ) (moegi)
• 萌葱 (もよぎ), 萌 (もよ)黄 (ぎ) (moyogi)
• 留萌 (るもい) (Rumoi)

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
萌
きざし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

• 萠

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) きざし [kìzáshí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [kʲiza̠ɕi]

Noun

萌 (hiragana きざし, rōmaji kizashi)

1. Alternative spelling of 兆し (kizashi): a sign, omen

Proper noun

萌 (hiragana きざし, rōmaji Kizashi)

1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
萌
もえ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Nominalization of 萌え (moe), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 萌える (moeru, “to bud, sprout”).

Proper noun

萌 (hiragana もえ, rōmaji Moe)

1. a female given name

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

萌 (manh, mánh, mảnh, mành)

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