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Translingual
Han character
盟 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日月月廿 (ABBT), four-corner 67107, composition ⿱明皿)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 795, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23024
- Dae Jaweon: page 1210, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2565, character 7
- Unihan data for U+76DF
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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莔
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*mraːŋ, *qʰɯd
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明
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*mraŋ
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盟
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*mraŋ, *mraːŋs
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萌
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*mreːŋ
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奣
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*ʔmraːŋʔ
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Oracle bone script (𥁰): Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mraŋ, *mraːŋs) : semantic 囧 + phonetic 皿 (OC *maŋʔ).
Bronze inscriptions (𥂗): Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mraŋ, *mraːŋs) : phonetic 朙 () + semantic 皿. 月 was added to 𥁰. 朙 is an ancient form of 明, and now this character (盟) is a phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mraŋ, *mraːŋs) : phonetic 明 (OC *mraŋ) + semantic 皿.
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): méng (meng2)
- (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): min2, mong2
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mang4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): mang3
- Gan (Wiktionary): min4
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): mèn
- (Meixian, Guangdong): mên2
- Jin (Wiktionary): meng1
- Northern Min (KCR): měng
- Eastern Min (BUC): mèng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): morng2
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): bêng
- (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng5
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6men; 6min
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): min2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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盟
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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méng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ mjæng ›
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Old Chinese
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/*mraŋ/
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English
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covenant
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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盟
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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9189
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Phonetic component
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明
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Rime group
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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明
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Old Chinese
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/*mraŋ/
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Definitions
盟
- to swear; to pledge
- oath; covenant; alliance
- league (administrative unit in Inner Mongolia)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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盟
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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9190
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Phonetic component
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明
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Rime group
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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孟
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Old Chinese
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/*mraːŋs/
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Definitions
盟
- Only used in 盟津, alternative form of 孟津 (Mèngjīn)
References
- “盟”, 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–
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “盟”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 155.
Japanese
Kanji
盟
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
- alliance
Readings
Korean
Hanja
盟 (eumhun 맹세할 맹 (maengsehal maeng))
- hanja form? of 맹 (“swear”)
- hanja form? of 맹 (“oath, covenant, alliance”)
Vietnamese
Han character
盟: Hán Nôm readings: minh
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