朦

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See also: 蒙, and 䑃
朦 U+6726, 朦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6726
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 朧 →

Translingual

Han character

朦 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+14 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 月+13 in simplified Chinese and Japanese, 18 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 17 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese, cangjie input 月廿月人 (BTBO), four-corner 74232, composition ⿰月蒙)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 507, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14409
  • Dae Jaweon: page 888, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2115, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6726

Chinese

trad. 朦
simp. # 朦
alternative forms 䑃

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 朦
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *moːŋ, *moːŋʔ) : semantic 月 (“moon”) + phonetic 蒙 (OC *moːŋ).

Unlike most other characters with a 月 (yuè)-like component on the left, this character's 月 (yuè) is not a simplification of 肉; 朦朧／朦胧 (ménglóng) was originally used in reference to the moon.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 朦 朦
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 莫紅切 莫孔切
Baxter muwng muwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/muŋ/ /muŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/muŋ/ /muŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/muŋ/ /muŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/məwŋ/ /məwŋX/
Li
Rong 		/muŋ/ /muŋX/
Wang
Li 		/muŋ/ /muŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/muŋ/ /muŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		méng měng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mung4 mung5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 朦 朦
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8973 8984
Phonetic
component 		冡 冡
Rime
group 		東 東
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		蒙 蠓
Old
Chinese 		/*moːŋ/ /*moːŋʔ/

Definitions

朦

  1. (of moonlight) hazy; dim
    朦朧／朦胧  ―  ménglóng  ―  hazy
  2. † to cover

Compounds

References

  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “朦”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 155.

Japanese

Kanji

朦

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. dim, obscure (of moonlight)

Readings

  • Go-on: む (mu)
  • Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
  • Kan’yō-on: もう (mō)
  • Kun: おぼろ (oboro, 朦)

Compounds

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 朦 (MC muwng|muwngX).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

朦 (eumhun 흐릴 몽 (heuril mong))

  1. hanja form? of 몽 (“Used in 몽롱(朦朧) (mongnong)”)

Compounds

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

朦: Hán Nôm readings: mông, mồng

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