萌
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
萌 (radical 140, 艸+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿日月 (TAB), four-corner 44627, composition ⿱艹明)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 1041, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31265
- Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3233, character 14
- Unihan data for U+840C
Chinese[edit]
trad. | 萌 | |
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simp. # | 萌 |
Glyph origin[edit]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mreːŋ): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 明 (OC *mraŋ).
Etymology[edit]
- “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[edit]
Definitions[edit]
萌
- to bud; to sprout; to germinate
- to begin; to start
- beginning; start
- harbinger; forewarning; omen; premonition; augury; portent
- people (collectively)
- to happen; to occur; to take place
- ignorant
- (Internet slang, originally ACG) cute; adorable
- A surname: Meng
Synonyms[edit]
- (to bud):
Synonyms of 萌
- (to begin):
- (beginning):
Synonyms of 萌
- (harbinger):
Synonyms of 萌
- (people):
Synonyms of 萌
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Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
- “萌”, 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]
萌
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings[edit]
- 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[edit]
Compounds
Alternative forms[edit]
Kanji in this term |
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萌 |
きざし Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- a female given name
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term |
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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[edit]
- a female given name
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
萌 • (maeng) (hangeul 맹, revised maeng, McCune–Reischauer maeng, Yale mayng)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
萌: Hán Nôm readings: manh, mánh, mảnh, mành
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- Japanese kanji with kan'yōon reading ほう
- Japanese kanji with historical kan'yōon reading はう
- Japanese kanji with kan'yōon reading ぼう
- Japanese kanji with historical kan'yōon reading ばう
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- Japanese kanji with historical kan'on reading まう
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