Hanja Analyzer
蒙

蒙 — mong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
어두울 몽
Romanization
mong
English
cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃
Mandarin
méng
Japanese on'yomi
モウ, ボウ, モ, ム
Japanese kun'yomi
こうむ.る おお.う くら.い
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,360 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Variant forms
曚 矇
Radical
艸 (140, 10 residual)
Unicode
U+8499

How 蒙 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蒙 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 冡.

Korean example words with 蒙

  • 몽혜蒙惠 Korean gloss: 은혜를 입음
  • 몽매蒙昧 Korean gloss: 어리석고 사리에 어두움
  • 만몽滿蒙 Korean gloss: 만주와 몽골을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 몽진蒙塵 Korean gloss: 먼지를 뒤집어쓴다는 뜻으로, 임금이 난리를 피하여 안전한 곳으로 떠남
  • 몽사하다蒙死 Korean gloss: 죽음을 무릅쓰다
  • 몽연하다蒙然 Korean gloss: 환하지 못하고 어둡다
  • 우몽하다愚蒙 Korean gloss: 어리석고 사리에 어둡다
  • 몽상하다蒙喪 Korean gloss: 부모상을 당하고 상복을 입다
  • 몽용하다蒙茸 Korean gloss: 풀 따위가 더부룩하게 나 있다
  • 몽윤하다蒙允 Korean gloss: 임금에게 상소하여 윤허를 받다
  • 계몽되다啓蒙 Korean gloss: 올바르지 않은 예전의 풍습을 그대로 따르거나 지식수준이 낮은 사람이 가르침을 받아 깨다
  • 몽고인蒙古人 Korean gloss: 몽골 국적을 가진 사람

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 蒙

  • 啓蒙けいもう enlightenment; illumination
  • 蒙古もうこ Mongolia (region); Greater Mongolia; Mongolian Plateau
  • 蒙もう ignorance; covering; concealing
  • 内蒙ないもう Inner Mongolia
  • 蒙昧もうまい ignorant; unenlightened; uncivilized
  • 満蒙まんもう Manchuria and Inner Mongolia
  • 蒙塵もうじん royalty seeking refuge outside the palace or capital during an emergency
  • 愚蒙ぐもう stupid; foolish
  • 鴻蒙ホンモン HarmonyOS (Huawei)
  • 蒙古斑もうこはん Mongolian spot; Mongolian blue spot; congenital dermal melanocytosis
  • 外蒙古がいもうこ Outer Mongolia
  • 蒙古語もうこご Mongolian (language)

Other hanja read “몽”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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