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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
Old Chinese
莔
*mraːŋ, *qʰɯd
明
*mraŋ
盟
*mraŋ, *mraːŋs
萌
*mreːŋ
奣
*ʔmraːŋʔ
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 ) : 6 men; 6 min
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : min2
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
盟
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
méng
Middle Chinese
‹ mjæng ›
Old Chinese
/*mraŋ/
English
covenant
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
盟
Reading #
1/2
No.
9189
Phonetic component
明
Rime group
陽
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
明
Old Chinese
/*mraŋ/
Definitions
盟
to swear ; to pledge
oath ; covenant ; alliance
league ( administrative unit in Inner Mongolia )
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
盟
Reading #
2/2
No.
9190
Phonetic component
明
Rime group
陽
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
孟
Old Chinese
/*mraːŋs/
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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