朦胧
méng​lóng HSK7

indistinct

朦 méng condition or appearance of moon

Components

月
月 Meaning component
yuè, yue moon

moon

蒙
蒙 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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

胧 lóng condition or appearance of moon Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 龙 represents the sound. Simplified form of 朧.

Components

月
月 Meaning component
yuè, yue moon
龙
龙 Sound component
lóng dragon

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

朧 lóng condition or appearance of moon Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound.

Components

月
月 Meaning component
yuè, yue moon
龍
龍 Sound component
lóng dragon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangroːŋ
roŋs
Unicodelung

說文解字

朦朧也。从月龍聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)