萌

See also: 萠

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

← 萋
[U+840B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

萍 →
[U+840D]

Translingual

Han character

萌 (radical 140, 艸+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿日月 (TAB), four-corner 4462₇, composition ⿱艹明)

Derived characters

𢅆, 橗, 𫄁, 𬠫, 𧾆, 𬝡, 𢡗

References

KangXi: page 1041, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31265
Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3233, character 14
Unihan data for U+840C

Chinese

trad.		萌
simp. ^#		萌

Glyph origin

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

“to bud; to begin”: Compare Lepcha ᰖᰮ (mlam, “shoots that sprout from stump of tree”) (Schuessler, 2007).

“cute; adorable”: From Japanese 萌え (moe).

Pronunciation

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

萌

to bud; to sprout
to begin; to start
(Internet slang, originally ACG) cute; adorable
賣萌 / 卖萌 ― màiméng ― to act cutely

Compounds

亂萌／乱萌
人萌
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
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
舊念復萌／旧念复萌
舊態復萌／旧态复萌
良萌
萌人
萌俗
萌兆
萌兒／萌儿
萌動／萌动
萌孽
萌庶
萌櫱
萌毓
萌牙
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
遏漸防萌／遏渐防萌
遺萌／遗萌
邊萌／边萌
邪萌
開萌／开萌
防患未萌
防芽遏萌
防萌
防萌杜漸／防萌杜渐
餘萌／余萌
黎萌

Japanese

Kanji

萌

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

showing symptom
sprout, bud, malt
fascination; infatuation

Readings

Goon: みょう (myō)^{←みやう (myau, historical)}
Kan’on: もう (mō)^{←まう (mau, historical)}
Kan’yōon: 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); もえ (moe, 萌); もえる (moeru, 萌える)^{←もゆ (moyu, historical)}
Nanori: ほの (hono)

Proper noun

萌 (hiragana もえ, rōmaji Moe)

A female given name.

Korean

Hanja

萌 • (maeng) (hangeul 맹, revised maeng, McCune–Reischauer maeng, Yale mayng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

萌 (manh, mánh, mảnh, mành)

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