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Translingual
Han character
懵 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 心廿田山 (PTWU), four-corner 94062, composition ⿰忄瞢)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 408, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11451
- Dae Jaweon: page 749, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2367, character 1
- Unihan data for U+61F5
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 蘉
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*maːŋ
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| 瞢
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*mɯːŋ, *mɯŋ, *mɯŋs
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| 懜
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*mɯːŋs, *mɯːŋ, *mɯŋ
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| 懵
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*mɯːŋs, *mɯːŋʔ
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| 甍
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*mrɯːŋ
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| 薨
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*hmɯːŋ
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| 夢
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*mɯŋ, *mɯŋs
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| 鄸
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*mɯŋs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯːŋs, *mɯːŋʔ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 瞢 (OC *mɯːŋ, *mɯŋ, *mɯŋs).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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懵
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懵
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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8990
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8994
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Phonetic
component
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夢
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夢
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Rime
group
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蒸
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東
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𢅴
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蠓
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Old
Chinese
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/*mɯːŋs/
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/*mɯːŋʔ/
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| Notes
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由巾旁校正，集韻同懜
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Definitions
懵
- absent-minded; stupid; muddle-headed
Compounds
References
- “懵”, 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), “懵”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 155.
Vietnamese
Han character
懵: Hán Nôm readings: mộng, mẫng, mỗng
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