méng HSK7

condition or appearance of moon

Components

Meaning component
yuè, yue moon

moon

Sound component
méng, mēng, měng cover

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmoːŋ
moːŋʔ
Unicodemung

說文解字

月朦朧也。从月蒙聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica