矇

See also: 蒙

矇 U+77C7, 矇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77C7 ← 矆 [U+77C6] CJK Unified Ideographs 矈 → [U+77C8]

Translingual

Han character

矇 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月山廿月人 (BUTBO), four-corner 6403₂, composition ⿰目蒙)

1. stupid, ignorant
2. blind

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 819, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23774
• Dae Jaweon: page 1231, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2516, character 7
• Unihan data for U+77C7

Chinese

trad.		矇
simp.		蒙*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 矇
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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mēng (meng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mùng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mong⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: meng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng¹
    • Yale: mēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mheng
    • Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: mung⁴
    • Yale: mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mung²
    • Sinological IPA: /muŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
    • Tâi-lô: bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mong⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: muwng

Rime
Character	矇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫紅切
Baxter	muwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/muŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/muŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwŋ/
Li Rong	/muŋ/
Wang Li	/muŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	矇
Reading #	1/1
No.	8974
Phonetic component	冡
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蒙
Old Chinese	/*moːŋ/

Definitions

矇

1. to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
2. to make a wild guess

Compounds

• 矇事 / 蒙事
• 矇人 / 蒙人 (mēngrén)
• 矇住 / 蒙住
• 矇松雨 / 蒙松雨
• 矇矇亮 / 蒙蒙亮 (mēngmēngliàng)
• 矇著 / 蒙著
• 矇著鍋兒 / 蒙著锅儿
• 矇頭轉向 / 蒙头转向
• 矇騙 / 蒙骗 (mēngpiàn)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mùng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mong⁵

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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–Macau)
    • Jyutping: mung⁴
    • Yale: mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mung²
    • Sinological IPA: /muŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
    • Tâi-lô: bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mong⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: muwng

Rime
Character	矇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫紅切
Baxter	muwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/muŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/muŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwŋ/
Li Rong	/muŋ/
Wang Li	/muŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	矇
Reading #	1/1
No.	8974
Phonetic component	冡
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蒙
Old Chinese	/*moːŋ/

Definitions

矇

1. (literary) blind

Compounds

• 曠若發矇 / 旷若发蒙
• 欺矇 / 欺蒙
• 淚眼矇矓 / 泪眼蒙眬
• 發矇振聵 / 发蒙振聩
• 瞳矇 / 瞳蒙
• 矇混 / 蒙混 (ménghùn)
• 矇瞍 / 蒙瞍
• 矇矇 / 蒙蒙 (méngméng)
• 矇矇亮 / 蒙蒙亮 (mēngmēngliàng)
• 矇矓 / 蒙眬 (ménglóng)
• 矇聵 / 蒙聩
• 矇蔽 / 蒙蔽 (méngbì)
• 藏矇歌兒 / 藏蒙歌儿

Japanese

Kanji

矇

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: む (mu)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kan’yō-on: もう (mō)
• Kun: くらい (kurai, 矇い)、めしい (meshii, 矇い)

Korean

Hanja

矇 • (mong) (hangeul 몽, revised mong, McCune–Reischauer mong, Yale mong)

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Tày

Verb

矇 (mu̱ng)

1. Nôm form of mu̱ng (“to look at; to watch; to look after”).