Kanji Detail for 孟 - "eldest, beginning, strive"

孟

Jinmeiyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
孟 means "eldest, beginning, strive."
1. Eldest - The firstborn; the oldest.
2. Beginning - The start of a season.
3. Strive - To make great effort.
4. Great - Large and impressive.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

chief; beginning

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

first in series; great, eminent

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Meng

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

first in a series; great, eminent

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Eldest. The eldest of the principal line is called 伯; the eldest of concubine lines is called 孟. | First. The first month of each season is called 孟月. Such as 孟春 (first month of spring), 孟夏 (first month of summer). | To strive. 孟晉 is like saying "striving to advance." See (Ban Gu's Rhapsody). | 孟浪: Appearance of being imprecise. See (Zhuangzi).
Onyomi

boh(ボウ)

moh(モウ)

myoh(ミョウ)
Kunyomi

kashira(かしら)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

子 (ko・kohen・kodomo・kodomohen)
Related Keywords
eldest beginning strive great first chief foremost senior elder primary prime initial leader head commence dawn origin early