孟

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𠗠, 𠵼, 𡝹, 𢛴, 掹, 𬈂, 猛, 𣓶, 𪹁, 𤗖, 𤦕, 䁅, 𮃑, 𥺬, 𦁧, 艋, 蜢, 𧩌, 錳, 鯭, 勐, 䓝, 𤷪

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 278, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6960
• Dae Jaweon: page 546, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1013, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5B5F

Chinese

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 孟姓 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Meng (surname) (English)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mraːŋs) : semantic 子 (“child; son”) + phonetic 皿 (OC *maŋʔ)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *maŋ (“big; old; elder (brother, uncle)”); cognate with Anong ʈhi³¹ mɑŋ³¹ (“old; elderly”), Drung tvmvng (“elder sibling”), Burmese မင်း (mang:, “monarch; king”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Likely related to 兄 (OC *hmraŋ, “older brother”) (Sagart, 1999; STEDT). Perhaps also related to 芒 (OC *maːŋ, *maŋ, “great; extensive”) and 荒 (OC *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs, “vast; excessive; senile”) (Sagart, 1999; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Definitions

孟

1. eldest brother (also used in personal names)
2. first month of a season

   孟秋  ―  mèngqiū  ―  seventh month of Chinese calendar

3. (figuratively) first in series
4. (figuratively) great, eminent
5. to strive; to endeavor
6. (～族) Mon people
7. Short for 孟子 (Mèngzǐ, “Mencius; Mencius (book)”).
8. Short for 孟加拉 (Mèngjiālā, “Bangladesh”).
9. Alternative form of 猛 (měng, “bold; powerful”)
10. a surname

    孟浩然  ―  Mèng Hàorán  ―  Meng Haoran (Tang dynasty poet)

Compounds

References

• “孟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

孟

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. Used in personal names.

Readings

• Go-on: 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’yō-on: まん (man)
• Kun: おさ (osa, 孟)^{←をさ (wosa, 孟, 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 (eumhun 맏 맹 (mat maeng))

1. Hanja form^? of 맹 (“first in a series”).
2. Hanja form^? of 맹 (“great, eminent”).

孟 (eumhun 맹랑할 망 (maengnanghal mang))

1. Hanja form^? of 망 (“shrewd, impudent, difficult”).

Vietnamese

Han character

孟: Hán Việt readings: mạnh
孟: Nôm readings: mạnh, mảnh

1. Nôm form of mạnh (“strong; powerful; vigorous”).

References

Zhuang

Pronoun

孟

1. Sawndip form of mwngz (“you”)