孟 (Kangxi radical 39,子+5, 8 strokes,cangjie input弓木月廿 (NDBT),four-corner1710₇,composition⿱子皿)

• 掹,猛,䁅,艋,蜢,錳 (锰),鯭,勐,䓝

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 278, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6960
• Dae Jaweon: page 546, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1013, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5B5F

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• 孟姓(Chinese)
• Meng (surname)(English)

Historical forms of the character孟
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*mraːŋs): semantic 子(“child; son”) + phonetic 皿(OC*maŋʔ)

FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*maŋ(“big; old; elder (brother, uncle)”); cognate withAnongʈhi³¹ mɑŋ³¹(“old; elderly”),Drungtvmvng(“elder sibling”),Burmeseမင်း(mang:,“monarch; king”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Likely related to兄 (OC*hmraŋ, “older brother”) (Sagart, 1999; STEDT). Perhaps also related to芒 (OC*maːŋ, *maŋ, “great; extensive”) and荒 (OC*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs, “vast; excessive; senile”) (Sagart, 1999;Schuessler, 2007).

孟

1. eldestbrother (also used in personal names)
2. firstmonth of aseason

   孟秋  ― mèngqiū  ―  seventh month of Chinese calendar

3. (figuratively)first inseries
4. (figuratively)great,eminent
5. tostrive; toendeavor
6. (～族)Mon people
7. short for孟子 (Mèngzǐ, “Mencius;Mencius (book)”)
8. short for孟加拉 (Mèngjiālā, “Bangladesh”)
9. alternative form of猛(měng,“bold;powerful”)
10. asurname

    孟浩然  ― Mèng Hàorán  ― Meng Haoran (Tang dynasty poet)

• “孟”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. Used in personal names.

• Go-on:みょう(myō)^{←みやう(myau,historical)}、もう(mō)^{←まう(mau,historical)}
• Kan-on:ぼう(bō)^{←ばう(bau,historical)}、もう(mō)^{←まう(mau,historical)}
• Kan’yō-on:まん(man)
• Kun:おさ(osa,孟)^{←をさ(wosa,孟,historical)}、かしら(kashira,孟)、たけ(take,孟)
• Nanori:たけし(takeshi)、つとむ(tsutomu)、はじめ(hajime)、はる(haru)

孟 (eumhun맏맹(mat maeng))

1. hanja form^? of맹(“first in aseries”)
2. hanja form^? of맹(“great,eminent”)

孟 (eumhun맹랑할망(maengnanghal mang))

1. hanja form^? of망(“shrewd,impudent,difficult”)

孟:Hán Việt readings:mạnh^[1][2][3]
孟:Nôm readings:mạnh^[1][2][3],mảnh^[1]

1. chữ Nôm form ofmạnh(“strong;powerful;vigorous”)

孟

1. Sawndip form ofmwngz(“you”)

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