蒙 – vocab dash

Keyword

drizzle

to cover
to deceive
Mongolia

Frequency: #1034
Strokes: 13

Readings

měng100%

Mnemonic

艹 (plant) gives the meaning and 冡 the sound.

Stroke order

Composed of

艹grass 冡

Used in characters

檬a type of locust tree 朦dim 蠓midge 曚twilight before dawn 艨a long narrow war-boat 礞mineral

Used in vocabulary

蒙古Měnggǔ

Mongolia; Mongol ethnic group

启蒙qǐméng

to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty

蒙Měng

Mongol ethnic group; abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古国 (Měnggǔguó); Taiwan pr. Méng

蒙古族Měnggǔzú

Mongol ethnic group

蒙古人Měnggǔrén

Mongol

蒙méng

(literary) sincere; honest; genuine; drizzle; mist; blind; dim-sighted; to cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat

蒙mēng

to deceive; to cheat; to hoodwink; to make a wild guess; (knocked) unconscious; dazed; stunned

蒙特利尔Méngtèlì'ěr

Montreal, city in Quebec, Canada

蒙面méngmiàn

to cover one's face; to wear a mask; brazen; shameless

荷尔蒙hé'ěrméng

(loanword) hormone

内蒙古自治区NèiměnggǔZìzhìqū

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, capital Hohhot 呼和浩特市 (HūhéhàotèShì) (short name 蒙 (Měng))

蒙受méngshòu

to suffer; to sustain (loss)