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)

stupid, ignorant
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

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)
  - 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/

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

to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
to make a wild guess

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méng (meng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mùng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bông

(Teochew, Peng'im): mong⁵

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/
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/

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

(literary) blind

Compounds

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)

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