萌

See also: 萠

萌	U+840C, 萌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-840C

← 萋
[U+840B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

萍 →
[U+840D]

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]

𢅆, 橗, 𫄁, 𬠫, 𧾆, 𬝡, 𢡗

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
simp. ^#		萌

Wikipedia has articles on:

萌 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
萌 (Cantonese)
Moe (Min Nan)
萌 (Classical)

Glyph origin[edit]

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[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]

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

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

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/
Hui	Tunxi	/man⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/moŋ¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/min¹²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/men¹¹/
Hakka	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/

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[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
賣萌 / 卖萌 ― màiméng ― to act cutely
A surname: Meng

Synonyms[edit]

(to bud):

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Synonyms of 萌

出息 (Hakka)
出芽 (chūyá)
出苗 (chūmiáo)
必目 (Hakka)
必筍／必笋 (Hakka)
抽筍／抽笋 (Hakka)
抽芽 (chōuyá)

暴筍／暴笋 (Hakka)
暴芽 (Min Nan)
爆穎／爆颖 (pok-íⁿ) (Min Nan)
爆芽 (Min Nan)
生筍／生笋 (Hakka)
生芽 (Hakka)
發穎／发颖 (Min Nan)

發芽／发芽 (fāyá)
綻筍／绽笋 (Hakka)
萌動／萌动 (méngdòng)
萌發／萌发 (méngfā)
萌芽 (méngyá)
露苗 (lòumiáo)

(to begin):

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伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
發端／发端 (fāduān)
肇始 (zhàoshǐ) (literary)

肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
起始 (qǐshǐ)

起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
開始／开始 (kāishǐ)

(beginning):

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Synonyms of 萌

伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
序幕 (xùmù) (figurative)
發端／发端 (fāduān)
肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)

起始 (qǐshǐ)
起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
開始／开始 (kāishǐ)

開端／开端 (kāiduān)
開頭／开头 (kāitóu)
首端 (shǒuduān)

(harbinger):

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先兆 (xiānzhào)
前兆 (qiánzhào)
彩頭／彩头 (Min Nan)

徵候／征候 (zhēnghòu)
徵兆／征兆 (zhēngzhào)
徵象／征象 (zhēngxiàng)

朕兆 (zhènzhào) (literary)
預兆／预兆 (yùzhào)

(people):

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Synonyms of 萌

𫣆人 (Hakka)
一般人 (yībānrén)
世人 (shìrén)
世間人／世间人 (Min Nan)
人士 (rénshì) (literary)
人民 (rénmín)
人群 (rénqún)
俗人 (súrén)
俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
凡人 (fánrén)
凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
四眾人／四众人 (Teochew)
士人 (shìrén) (archaic)

大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
常人 (chángrén)
平人 (píngrén) (literary)
平常人 (píngchángrén)
平民 (píngmín)
庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
民人 (mínrén) (literary)
民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)

白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
百姓 (bǎixìng)
眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
草菅 (cǎojiān) (literary, figurative)
草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
黎民 (límín) (literary)
黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)

(to happen): 發生／发生 (fāshēng)
(ignorant): 無知／无知 (wúzhī)

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

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
萌
きざし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

萠

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) きざし [kìzáshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [kʲiza̠ɕi]

Noun[edit]

萌(きざし) • (kizashi)

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

Proper noun[edit]

萌(きざし) • (Kizashi)

a female given name

Etymology 2[edit]

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[edit]

萌(もえ) • (Moe)

a female given name

References[edit]

^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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 (manh, mánh, mảnh, mành)

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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萌

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References[edit]

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Glyph origin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

References[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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