méng

to cover

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approved by cochleoid · Jul 7, 2022, 11:00 PM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Jul 7, 2022, 11:00 PM

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.

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Original meaning: to cover

A hat and tiger skin. Signifies the meaning "cover" by soldiers who fought covered in tiger skins.

Components

SoundMeaning component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
Meaning component

Originally , later .

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》:“冡,覆也。从、豕。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.615The Digital Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica