孟子

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Chinese

first month; eldest brother; surname
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
simp. and trad.
(孟子) 		孟 子
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 孟 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 庚 (109) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 莫更切 即里切
Baxter maengH tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠæŋH/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚaŋH/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/maŋH/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/maɨjŋH/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong 		/mɐŋH/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li 		/mɐŋH/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mɐŋH/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mèng zǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mang6 zi2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 孟 子
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mèng zǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mængH › ‹ tsiX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mˁraŋ-s/ /*tsəʔ/
English eldest, great child; gentleman, master

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9152 17857
Phonetic
component 		皿 子
Rime
group 		陽 之
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		孟 子
Old
Chinese 		/*mraːŋs/ /*ʔslɯʔ/

Proper noun

孟子

  1. Mencius (a Chinese philosopher, one of the principal thinkers of Confucianism)
  2. Mencius (one of the Four Books (四書／四书 (Sìshū)) of Confucianism)

Coordinate terms

四書五經／四书五经 (Sìshūwǔjīng, “Four Books and Five Classics”)
四書／四书 (Sìshū, “Four Books”)
五經／五经 (Wǔjīng, “Five Classics”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孟子):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
孟 子
もう
Jinmeiyō 		し
Grade: 1
goon
 孟子 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Chinese 孟子 (Mèngzǐ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

孟(もう)子(し) • (Mōshi) ←まうし (Mausi)?

  1. Mencius (Chinese philosopher)
  2. Mencius (one of the Four Books)

Coordinate terms

四(し)書(しょ)五(ご)経(きょう) (Shisho Gokyō, “Four Books and Five Classics”)
四(し)書(しょ) (Shisho, “Four Books”)
五(ご)経(きょう) (Gokyō, “Five Classics”)

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term
孟子

Proper noun

孟子 • (Maengja) (hangeul 맹자)

  1. hanja form? of 맹자 (“Mencius, a Chinese philosopher, one of the principal interpreters of Confucianism”)
  2. hanja form? of 맹자 (“Mencius (one of the Four Books (四書) of Confucianism)”)

Coordinate terms

사서오경 (四書五經, Saseoogyeong, “Four Books and Five Classics”)
사서 (四書, Saseo, “Four Books”)
오경 (五經, Ogyeong, “Five Classics”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
孟子

Proper noun

孟子

  1. chữ Hán form of Mạnh Tử (“Mencius, a Chinese philosopher, one of the principal interpreters of Confucianism”).
  2. chữ Hán form of Mạnh Tử (“Mencius (one of the Four Books (四書) of Confucianism)”).

Coordinate terms

Tứ thư Ngũ kinh (四書五經, “Four Books and Five Classics”)
Tứ thư (四書, “Four Books”)
Ngũ kinh (五經, “Five Classics”)
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