孟

See also: 盂

孟	U+5B5F, 孟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B5F

← 孞
[U+5B5E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

孠 →
[U+5B60]

Translingual

Han character

孟 (radical 39, 子+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓木月廿 (NDBT), four-corner 1710₇, composition ⿱子皿)

Derived characters

猛

References

KangXi: page 278, character 16

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6960

Dae Jaweon: page 546, character 11

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1013, character 3

Unihan data for U+5B5F
Chinese surname history: Meng

Chinese

simp. and trad.		孟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (皿) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
猛	*mraːŋʔ
艋	*mraːŋʔ
蜢	*mraːŋʔ
皿	*maŋʔ
孟	*mraːŋs

子 (“child; son”) + phonetic 皿 (OC *maŋʔ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mèng (meng⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): men
Min Nan (POJ): bēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ
  - Wade–Giles: mêng⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menq
  - IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maang⁶
  - Yale: maahng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mang⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: men
  - Hakka Romanization System: men
  - Hagfa Pinyim: men⁴
  - IPA: /men⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēng
  - Tâi-lô: bīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ³³/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 孟
Mandarin	Beijing	/məŋ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/məŋ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/məŋ⁵³/
	Jinan	/məŋ²¹/
	Qingdao	/məŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/məŋ³¹²/
	Xi'an	/məŋ⁴⁴/
	Xining	/mə̃²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/məŋ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/mə̃n¹³/
	Ürümqi	/mɤŋ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/moŋ³⁵/
	Chengdu	/moŋ¹³/
	Guiyang	/moŋ²¹³/
	Kunming	/moŋ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/mən⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/məŋ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/məŋ⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/məŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/mə̃ŋ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/mã²³/
	Suzhou	/mã³¹/
	Hangzhou	/moŋ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/miɛ²²/
Hui	Shexian	/mʌ̃²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/man¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/moŋ⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/mən⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/mɛn²¹/ /muŋ²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/men⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/men⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/maŋ²²/
	Nanning	/mɐŋ²²/
	Hong Kong	/maŋ²²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/biŋ⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/maiŋ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/maiŋ³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/meŋ³⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/moŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /mˠæŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	孟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫更切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠæŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚaŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/maŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨjŋ^H/
Li Rong	/mɐŋ^H/
Wang Li	/mɐŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɐŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mèng

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤraŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*mraːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	孟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mèng
Middle Chinese	‹ mæng^H ›
Old Chinese	/*mˤraŋ-s/
English	eldest, great
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孟
Reading #	1/1
No.	9152
Phonetic component	皿
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	孟
Old Chinese	/*mraːŋs/

Definitions

孟

eldest brother
first month of a season
(figuratively) first in series
(figuratively) great, eminent
to strive; to endeavor
Short for 孟子 (Mèngzǐ, “Mencius; Mencius (book)”).
Alternative form of 猛 (měng, “bold; powerful”).
A surname.

Compounds

優孟衣冠／优孟衣冠
四孟
孔孟 (Kǒng-Mèng)
孔孟之道 (Kǒng-Mèng zhī dào)
孔孟學會／孔孟学会
孟什維克／孟什维克 (mèngshíwéikè)
孟光舉案／孟光举案
孟公
孟冬
孟加拉 (Mèngjiālā)
孟嘉落帽
孟嘗君／孟尝君
孟夏 (Mèngxià)
孟姜女 (Mèngjiāngnǚ)

孟婆
孟婆湯／孟婆汤
孟子 (Mèngzǐ)
孟宗泣筍／孟宗泣笋
孟宗竹
孟春
孟月 (mèngyuè)
孟母
孟母三遷／孟母三迁 (mèngmǔsānqiān)
孟母擇鄰／孟母择邻
孟母斷織／孟母断织
孟浪
孟浪輕狂／孟浪轻狂
孟秋

孟良盜馬／孟良盗马
孟荀 (Mèng-Xún)
孟詩韓筆／孟诗韩笔
孟陬 (mèngzōu)
孟非斯
孟麗君／孟丽君
季孟
季孟之間／季孟之间
梁孟
浪孟
焦孟不離／焦孟不离
落帽孟嘉
衣冠優孟／衣冠优孟
論孟／论孟

Japanese

Kanji

孟

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Goon: みょう (myō)^{←みやう (myau, historical)}; もう (mō)^{←まう (mau, historical)}
Kan’on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}; もう (mō)^{←まう (mau, historical)}
Kan’yōon: まん (man)
Kun: おさ (osa, 孟)^{←をさ (wosa, historical)}; かしら (kashira, 孟); たけ (take, 孟)
Nanori: たけし (takeshi); つとむ (tsutomu); はじめ (hajime); はる (haru)

Korean

Hanja

孟 • (maeng, mang) (hangeul 맹, 망, revised maeng, mang, McCune–Reischauer maeng, mang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

孟 (mạnh)

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Zhuang

Pronoun

孟

Sawndip form of mwngz

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