冡
méng

to cover

  • edit character approved 冡 — "Edit" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Depicts a hat (冃) and tiger skin (虎). Signifies the meaning "cover" by soldiers who fought covered in tiger skins. The 虎 (tiger) component was later reanalyzed as 豕 (pig). → 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).
    Components
    • + 虎 Iconic Modern form looks like unrelated 豕.
    • - 豕 Iconic

    Changed: hint, components

    edit character by Prismcool

  • edit character approved 冡 — "Modified explanation" by Prismcool
    Hint
    A hat and tiger skin. Signifies the meaning "cover" by soldiers who fought covered in tiger skins. → Depicts a hat (冃) and tiger skin (虎). Signifies the meaning "cover" by soldiers who fought covered in tiger skins. The 虎 (tiger) component was later reanalyzed as 豕 (pig).
    Original meaning
    to cover → (empty)
    Components
    • 冃 SoundIconic
      • type: sound, meaning → sound, iconic
    • 豕 Iconic
      • hint: Originally 虎, later 豕. → Originally 虎 (tiger), later reanalyzed as 豕 (pig).
      • type: meaning → iconic

    Changed: hint, original meaning, components

    edit character by Prismcool

  • edit character approved 冡 — "On EDOC the "Baxter GY" Middle Chinese is 'muwng', and all the other GY values are the same as 蒙, so I assumed that would mean it has to have the same OC reconstruction as 蒙." by cochleoid
    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). → A hat and tiger skin. Signifies the meaning "cover" by soldiers who fought covered in tiger skins.
    Original meaning
    to cover
    Components
    • 冃 SoundMeaning
      • type: sound, iconic → sound, meaning
    • + 豕 Meaning Originally 虎, later 豕.
    • - 虎 Iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    冡
    10 strokes
    →
    冡
    10 strokes

    Source: animcjk → dong

    Historical pronunciations
    • + OC: *mˤoŋ MC: muwng
    • - zhengzhang

    Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images, pronunciations

    edit character by cochleoid