盟

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盟 U+76DF, 盟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76DF
← 盞
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 盠 →

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

simp. and trad.
 盟
alternative forms 𥁰
𧖸
𥂗
𧖽
𢄾

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 盟
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (明) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 盟 (同盟)
Mandarin Beijing /məŋ³⁵/
Harbin /məŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /məŋ⁴⁵/
Jinan /məŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /məŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /məŋ⁴²/
Xi'an /məŋ²⁴/
Xining /mə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /məŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /mə̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /mɤŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /min²¹³/
Chengdu /min³¹/
/moŋ³¹/
Guiyang /min²¹/ 老
/moŋ²¹/ 新
Kunming /moŋ³¹/
Nanjing /mən²⁴/
Hefei /məŋ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /məŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /miŋ¹³/
/məŋ¹³/
Hohhot /mə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /məŋ²³/
Suzhou /mən¹³/
Hangzhou /men²¹³/
Wenzhou /meŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /miʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /man⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /min¹³/
Xiangtan /min¹²/
Gan Nanchang /min⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /men¹¹/
Taoyuan /men¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /mɐŋ²¹/
Nanning /mɐŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /mɐŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /biŋ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /mɛiŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /meiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /meŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /moŋ³¹/
Rime
Character 盟
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 武兵切
Baxter mjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/miajŋ/
Li
Rong 		/miɐŋ/
Wang
Li 		/mĭɐŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		míng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ming4
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

  1. to swear; to pledge
  2. oath; covenant; alliance
  3. league (administrative unit in Inner Mongolia)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 盟
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 莫更切
Baxter maengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/maŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/maɨjŋH/
Li
Rong 		/mɐŋH/
Wang
Li 		/mɐŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mang6
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

  1. 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)

  1. alliance

Readings

  • Go-on: みょう (myō)←みやう (myau, historical)
  • Kan-on: めい (mei, Jōyō)
  • Kun: ちかう (chikau, 盟う)、ちかい (chikai, 盟い)

Korean

Hanja

盟 (eumhun 맹세할 맹 (maengsehal maeng))

  1. hanja form? of 맹 (“swear”)
  2. hanja form? of 맹 (“oath, covenant, alliance”)

Vietnamese

Han character

盟: Hán Nôm readings: minh

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