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Kanji Detail for 孟 - "eldest, beginning"

孟

  • Meaning

    孟 means "eldest, beginning." Also associated with 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.

  • Four-character idioms with 孟

    • 孟母三遷 もうぼさんせん Listen the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning

  • Tattoo check: 孟

    • Verified meaning: eldest, beginning
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かしら, たけし, つとむ, はじむ)
    • Also carries these associations: strive

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 孟

    Given names 孟(たけし)Listen 孟(つとむ)Listen 孟(はじめ)Listen 孟(もう)Listen

    Surnames 孟(かしら)Listen 孟(はじむ)Listen 孟(ぼう)Listen

  • 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

    tip

    boh(ボウ) ボウ

    moh(モウ) モウ

    myoh(ミョウ) ミョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kashira(かしら) かしら

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    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

Sentences including 孟

  • Don't drag out Chinese sayings about the importance of an environment conducive to learning just to justify moving for a child's entrance exams!

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