# 矇

| 矇 | U+77C7, &#30663; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77C7 |
| ← 矆 [U+77C6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 矈 → [U+77C8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

矇 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月山廿月人 (BUTBO), four-corner 6403$_2$, composition ⿰目蒙)
* stupid, ignorant
* blind

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 819, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23774
* Dae Jaweon: page 1231, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2516, character 7
* Unihan data for U+77C7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 矇
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 蒙 | *moːŋ |
| 冡 | *moːŋ |
| 濛 | *moːŋ, *moːŋʔ |
| 艨 | *moːŋ, *moːŋs |
| 朦 | *moːŋ, *moːŋʔ |
| 矇 | *moːŋ |
| 饛 | *moːŋ |
| 檬 | *moːŋ |
| 鸏 | *moːŋ, *moːŋʔ |
| 幪 | *moːŋ |
| 蠓 | *moːŋ, *moːŋʔ |
| 靀 | *moːŋ |
| 曚 | *moːŋʔ |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mēng (meng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mung$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mùng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mong$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: meng
*** Wade–Giles: mêng$^1$
*** Yale: mēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mheng
*** Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mung$^4$
*** Yale: mùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mʊŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: mung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /muŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
*** Tâi-lô: bông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boong
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mong$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mông
*** Sinological IPA : /moŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: muwng
Rime :
| Character | 矇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 莫紅切 |
| Baxter | muwng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /muŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /muŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /muŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /məwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /muŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /muŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /muŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | méng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mung$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*moːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 矇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8974 |
| Phonetic component | 冡 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蒙 |
| Old Chinese | /*moːŋ/ |

#### Definitions

矇
* to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
* to make a wild guess

#### Compounds

* 矇事／蒙事
* 矇人／蒙人 (mēngrén)
* 矇住／蒙住
* 矇松雨／蒙松雨
* 矇矇亮／蒙蒙亮 (mēngmēngliàng)
* 矇著／蒙著
* 矇著鍋兒／蒙著锅儿
* 矇頭轉向／蒙头转向
* 矇騙／蒙骗 (mēngpiàn)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): méng (meng$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mung$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mùng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mong$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: méng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: méng
*** Wade–Giles: mêng$^2$
*** Yale: méng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
*** Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mung$^4$
*** Yale: mùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mʊŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: mung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /muŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
*** Tâi-lô: bông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boong
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mong$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mông
*** Sinological IPA : /moŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: muwng
Rime :
| Character | 矇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 莫紅切 |
| Baxter | muwng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /muŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /muŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /muŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /məwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /muŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /muŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /muŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | méng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mung$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*moːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 矇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8974 |
| Phonetic component | 冡 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蒙 |
| Old Chinese | /*moːŋ/ |

#### Definitions

矇
* (literary) blind

#### Compounds

* 曠若發矇／旷若发蒙
* 欺矇／欺蒙
* 淚眼矇矓／泪眼蒙眬
* 發矇振聵／发蒙振聩
* 瞳矇／瞳蒙
* 矇混／蒙混 (ménghùn)
* 矇瞍／蒙瞍
* 矇矇／蒙蒙 (méngméng)
* 矇矇／蒙蒙 (méngméng)
* 矇矇亮／蒙蒙亮 (mēngmēngliàng)
* 矇矓／蒙眬 (ménglóng)
* 矇聵／蒙聩
* 矇蔽／蒙蔽 (méngbì)
* 藏矇歌兒／藏蒙歌儿

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: む (mu)
* Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
* Kan’yō-on: もう (mō)
* Kun: くらい (kurai, 矇い)、めしい (meshii, 矇い)

## Korean
### Hanja

矇 • (mong) (hangeul 몽, revised mong, McCune–Reischauer mong, Yale mong)
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## Tày
### Verb

矇 (mu̱ng)
* Nôm form of mu̱ng (“to look at; to watch; to look after”).