Read Edit View history 冡 méng to cover Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a hat (冃) and tiger skin (虎), conveying the meaning "cover" by soldiers who fought covered in tiger skins. The 虎 (tiger) component was later rewritten as 豕 (pig). Pinyin Separate values with commas méng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 冡 Simp strokes 冡 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Modern form looks like unrelated 豕. 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