蒙 - méng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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13 strokes
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蒙

méng

Definition

to cover
ignorant
to suffer (misfortune)
to receive (a favor)
to cheat

Other pronunciations

蒙	Měng	Mongol ethnic group abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國 Taiwan pr. [Meng2]
蒙	mēng	(knocked) unconscious dazed stunned
蒙	mēng	to deceive to cheat to hoodwink to make a wild guess (knocked) unconscious dazed stunned

Character Decomposition

Compounds (12)

drizzle; mist

blind; dim-sighted

to deceive; to cheat; to hoodwink; to make a wild guess

lemon

indistinct; unclear; to deceive

蠓

měng

grasshopper; midge; sandfly

(mineral)

twilight before dawn

ancient warship; see 艨艟, ancient leatherclad warship

cover

mongoose

tropic bird

Related words (35)

蒙

méng

drizzle; mist; blind; dim-sighted; to cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat

蒙冤

méng yuān

to be wronged; to be subjected to an injustice

蒙受

méng shòu

to suffer; to sustain (loss)

to be called by God

to deceive; to cheat

primary school

primary school teacher

to receive favor

uncultured; uncivilized; God-forsaken; ignorant; illiterate

蒙求

méng qiú

(traditional title of first readers); primary education; teaching the ignorant; light to the barbarian

skin; covering

to be shamed; to be humiliated

dense (of foliage)

jumbled; fluffy

drizzle (of rain or snow)

蒙蔽

méng bì

to deceive; to hoodwink

to cover

to meet with disaster; killed; in the clutches of the enemy; to fall foul of; in danger

masked; covered face

primary school

montage (film) (loanword)

啟蒙

qǐ méng

to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty

開蒙

kāi méng

(old) (of a child) to begin schooling

彌蒙

mí méng

impenetrable thick fog or smoke

to develop the mind

to be indebted (to sb)