萌
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[edit]Han character
[edit]萌 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿日月 (TAB), four-corner 44627, composition ⿱艹明)
Derived characters
[edit]References
[edit]- Kangxi Dictionary: 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/形声, OC *mreːŋ) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 明 (OC *mraŋ).
Etymology 1
[edit]- “to bud; to begin”
- Compare Lepcha ᰖᰮ (mlam, “shoots that sprout from stump of tree”) (Schuessler, 2007).
- “moe”
- Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え (moe).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mong2
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): min4
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): meng1
- Northern Min (KCR): měng
- Eastern Min (BUC): mèng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6men
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mong2 / min2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: méng
- Wade–Giles: mêng2
- Yale: méng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
- Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: mong2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mung
- Sinological IPA (key): /moŋ²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mang4
- Yale: màhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: mang4
- Guangdong Romanization: meng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: mang3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ᵐbaŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: min4
- Sinological IPA (key): /min³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mèn
- Hakka Romanization System: menˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: men2
- Sinological IPA: /men¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: meng1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /mə̃ŋ¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: měng
- Sinological IPA (key): /meiŋ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mèng
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɛiŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
- Dialectal data
Variety | Location | 萌 |
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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 (Hokkien) | /biŋ³⁵/ |
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /mɛiŋ⁵³/ | |
Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /meiŋ²¹/ | |
Shantou (Teochew) | /meŋ⁵⁵/ | |
Haikou (Hainanese) | /moŋ³¹/ |
- Middle Chinese: meang
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*mreːŋ/
Definitions
[edit]萌
- to bud; to sprout; to germinate
- to begin; to start
- beginning; start; harbinger; omen; augury; portent
- to happen; to occur; to take place
- (ACG) moe: feelings of affection towards a fictional character
- (Internet slang, by extension) cute; adorable
- a surname: Meng
Synonyms
[edit]- (to bud):
- 出息 (Hakka)
- 出穎/出颖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 出芽 (chūyá)
- 出苗 (chūmiáo)
- 出青 (Hokkien)
- 必目 (Hakka)
- 必筍/必笋 (Hakka)
- 抽筍/抽笋 (Hakka)
- 抽芽 (chōuyá)
- 暴穎/暴颖 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 暴筍/暴笋 (Hakka)
- 暴芽 (Hokkien)
- 權輿/权舆 (quányú) (literary)
- 爆穎/爆颖 (pok-íⁿ) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 爆芽 (bau4 nga4) (Gan, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 生筍/生笋 (Hakka)
- 生芽 (Hakka)
- 發穎/发颖 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 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):
- (beginning):
- (harbinger):
- (people):
- 一般人 (yībānrén)
- 世人 (shìrén)
- 世間人/世间人 (Hokkien)
- 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
- 人民 (rénmín)
- 人群 (rénqún)
- 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
- 俗人 (súrén)
- 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
- 𫣆人 (Hakka)
- 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
- 公眾/公众 (gōngzhòng)
- 凡人 (fánrén)
- 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
- 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
- 四眾人/四众人 (si3 zing3 nang5) (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)
- 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
- 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
- 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
- 民眾/民众 (mínzhòng)
- 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
- 烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
- 白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
- 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
- 白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
- 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
- 百姓
- 眾人/众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
- 萬姓/万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
- 群眾/群众 (qúnzhòng)
- 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
- 良人 (liángrén) (literary)
- 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
- 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
- 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
- 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
- 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
- 黎民 (límín) (literary)
- 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
- 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
- 黔黎 (archaic)
Compounds
[edit]- 亂萌/乱萌
- 人萌 (rénméng)
- 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 (gùtàifùméng)
- 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 (qúnméng)
- 舊念復萌/旧念复萌
- 舊態復萌/旧态复萌
- 良萌
- 萌人
- 萌俗
- 萌兆 (méngzhào)
- 萌兒/萌儿
- 萌動/萌动 (méngdòng)
- 萌孽
- 萌庶
- 萌櫱/萌蘖
- 萌毓
- 萌牙 (méngyá)
- 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 (nìméng)
- 遏漸防萌/遏渐防萌
- 遺萌/遗萌
- 邊萌/边萌
- 邪萌
- 開萌/开萌 (kāiméng)
- 防患未萌
- 防芽遏萌
- 防萌
- 防萌杜漸/防萌杜渐
- 餘萌/余萌
- 黎萌
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: míng
- Wade–Giles: ming2
- Yale: míng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming
- Palladius: мин (min)
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ming4
- Yale: mìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ming4
- Guangdong Romanization: ming4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
[edit]萌
- Used in 蕨萌 (“a grass name”).
Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: méng
- Wade–Giles: mêng2
- Yale: méng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
- Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mang4
- Yale: màhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: mang4
- Guangdong Romanization: meng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
[edit]萌
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–
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji
[edit]萌
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, 萌え); めぐむ (megumu, 萌む); もえ (moe, 萌); もえる (moeru, 萌える); もやし (moyashi, 萌やし); たみ (tami, 萌)
- Nanori: ほの (hono); めぐみ (megumi); めみ (memi)
Compounds
[edit]Compounds
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term |
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萌 |
きざし Jinmeiyō |
kun'yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 萌 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 萌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- a female given name
- a surname
Etymology 3
[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 the verb 萌える (moeru, “to bud, sprout”).
Proper noun
[edit]- a female given name
References
[edit]- “萌”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
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
- đáng yêu, dễ thương
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