孟

Information about character(s)

Radical: 子
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: mèng
Cantonese: maang6
JapaneseKun: KASHIRA HAJIME
JapaneseOn: MOU MYOU MAN
Korean: MAYNG MANG
Vietnamese: mạnh

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: first in series; great, eminent

CE-Dict: first month of a season/eldest amongst brothers

Soothill: Eldest, first; Mencius; rude.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the first month of a season
2.the eldest brother

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《子部》孟長也。从子皿聲。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集上】【子字部】孟
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤莫更切，音夢。【說文】長也。【禮緯】嫡長曰伯，庶長曰孟。【書·康誥】王若曰：孟侯，朕其弟小子封。【書傳】天子之子，年十八，稱孟侯。又女子之兄亦曰孟。　又【玉篇】始也，四時之首月曰孟月。【前漢·李尋傳】寅孟之月。　又【廣韻】勉也。【班固·幽通賦】盍孟晉以迨羣，辰倏忽其不再。【註】孟晉，勉進也。　又大也。【管子·任法篇】高言孟行，以過其情。　又州名，漢河內郡，卽古孟津，唐置孟州。　又【書·禹貢】被孟豬。【爾雅】作孟諸。【周禮】作望諸。【鄭註】澤藪曰望諸，卽孟豬也。　又姓，魯仲孫氏爲三桓之孟，故曰孟。　又【集韻】母朗切，音莽。無趣舍之謂。　又莫浪切，𥁃去聲。不精要貌。【莊子·齊物論】孟浪之言。

CF-Dict: premier/principal

Han-De-Dict: ältester Bruder (u.E.) (S)/erster Monat einer Jahreszeit (u.E.) (S); Bsp.: 孟春孟春 -- erster Frühlingsmonat/Meng (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)