孟 — Chinese character
孟
mèng
first in a series; great, eminent
- Pinyin
- mèng
- Radical
- 39 ⼦ (Child)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 子 皿
- Formation
- ideographic — A child 子 sitting on a throne 皿
- Japanese
- 孟 as a kanji
Common words with 孟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孟浪 | mèng làng | hasty; rash |
| 孟婆汤 (孟婆湯) | mèng pó tāng | potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆 (Mèng pó) before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence |
| 孟夏 | mèng xià | the first month of summer (i.e. the fourth lunisolar month) |
| 孟宗竹 | mèng zōng zhú | see 毛竹 (máo zhú) |
孟 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 11 · Mencius 306 · Zhuangzi 6 · Great Learning 1
- Analects 2.5
- Analects 2.6
- Analects 5.7
- Analects 6.13
- Analects 7.30
- Analects 8.4
- Analects 14.12
- Analects 18.3
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.