萌 — Chinese character
萌
méng
bud, germ, sprout; to bud
- Pinyin
- méng
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 艹 明
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 明
- Japanese
- 萌 as a kanji
Common words with 萌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萌芽 | méng yá | (of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud |
| 萌生 | méng shēng | to burgeon; to produce |
| 萌发 (萌發) | méng fā | to sprout; to shoot |
| 卖萌 (賣萌) | mài méng | (slang) to act cute |
| 萌动 (萌動) | méng dòng | to sprout; (fig.) to emerge |
| 故态复萌 (故態復萌) | gù tài fù méng | to revert to old ways |
| 萌新 | méng xīn | (neologism) (slang) newbie |
| 呆萌 | dāi méng | endearingly silly |
| 萌娃 | méng wá | cute little kid |
| 复萌 (復萌) | fù méng | to germinate again |
| 杜渐防萌 (杜漸防萌) | dù jiān fáng méng | to nip in the bud |
| 旧态复萌 (舊態復萌) | jiù tài fù méng | see 故态复萌 (gù tài fù méng) |
English words written with 萌
萌 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 5
- Mencius 6A.8
- Mencius 6A.9
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Zhuangzi Tsê Yang
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