朦

See also: 蒙 and 䑃

朦 U+6726, 朦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6726 ← 朥 [U+6725] CJK Unified Ideographs 朧 → [U+6727]

Translingual

Han character

朦 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+14 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 月+13 in simplified Chinese and Japanese, 18 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 17 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese, cangjie input 月廿月人 (BTBO), four-corner 7423₂, composition ⿰月蒙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 507, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14409
• Dae Jaweon: page 888, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2115, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6726

Chinese

trad.		朦
simp. #		朦
alternative forms		䑃

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 朦
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
蒙	*moːŋ
冡	*moːŋ
濛	*moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
艨	*moːŋ, *moːŋs
朦	*moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
矇	*moːŋ
饛	*moːŋ
檬	*moːŋ
鸏	*moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
幪	*moːŋ
蠓	*moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
靀	*moːŋ
曚	*moːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *moːŋ, *moːŋʔ) : semantic 月 (“moon”) + phonetic 蒙 (OC *moːŋ).

Unlike most other characters with a 月 (yuè)-like component on the left, this character's 月 (yuè) is not a simplification of 肉; 朦朧／朦胧 (ménglóng) was originally used in reference to the moon.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): morng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bông
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²
    • Yale: méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mung⁴
    • Yale: mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: morng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
    • Tâi-lô: bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mon
    • MiniDict: mon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: muwng, muwngX

Rime
Character	朦	朦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫紅切	莫孔切
Baxter	muwng	muwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwŋ/	/məwŋX/
Li Rong	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Wang Li	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng	měng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung4	mung5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːŋ/, /*moːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	朦	朦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8973	8984
Phonetic component	冡	冡
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	蒙	蠓
Old Chinese	/*moːŋ/	/*moːŋʔ/

Definitions

朦

1. (of moonlight) hazy; dim

   朦朧／朦胧  ―  ménglóng  ―  hazy

2. ^† to cover

Compounds

• 朣朦 (tóngméng)
• 朦昧執迷／朦昧执迷
• 朦朣
• 朦朦
• 朦朧／朦胧 (ménglóng)
• 朦朧保舉／朦胧保举
• 朦朧恍惚／朦胧恍惚
• 朦朧朦朧／朦胧朦胧
• 朦狡
• 連朦帶忽／连朦带忽

 

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “朦”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 155.

Japanese

Kanji

朦

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. dim, obscure (of moonlight)

Readings

• Go-on: む (mu)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kan’yō-on: もう (mō)
• Kun: おぼろ (oboro, 朦)

Compounds

Compounds

• 朦朦(もうもう), 朦々(もうもう) (mōmō)
• 朦気(もうき) (mōki)
• 朦沢(もうさわ) (Mōsawa)
• 朦霧(もうむ) (mōmu)
• 朦朧(もうろう) (mōrō)
• 昏朦(こんもう) (konmō)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 朦 (MC muwng|muwngX).

Hanja

Wikisource

朦 (eumhun 흐릴 몽 (heuril mong))

1. hanja form^? of 몽 (“Used in 몽롱(朦朧) (mongnong)”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 농몽 (朧朦, nongmong)
• 몽롱 (朦朧, mongnong)
• 몽혼 (朦昏, monghon)

Vietnamese

Han character

朦: Hán Nôm readings: mông, mồng

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