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Kanji Detail for 盟 - "alliance, oath, to swear"
盟
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Meaning
盟 means "alliance, oath, to swear."
Pledge - To swear an oath; to vow.
Alliance - A union bound by oath; a league.
Covenant - A solemn agreement; a pact.
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Words using 盟
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加盟
かめい
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation
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同盟
どうめい
alliance; union; league
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盟友
めいゆう
sworn friend
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盟主
めいしゅ
leader (of an alliance); leading power
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加盟
かめい
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Four-character idioms with 盟
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同盟罷業
どうめいひぎょう
strike
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盟神探湯
めいしんたんとう
trial by hot water; putting a person's hand in boiling water to determine their guilt or innocence (with the belief that the innocent would not be scalded)
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同盟罷業
どうめいひぎょう
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Tattoo check: 盟
- Verified meaning: alliance, oath, to swear
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, ちか, ちかい, めい)
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.
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Name readings of 盟
Given names 盟(あきら)
盟(ちか)
盟(ちかい)
盟(めい)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
alliance; oath
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
swear; oath, covenant, alliance
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
alliance, covenant; oath; to swear
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Making an agreement by killing sacrifices, smearing blood, and swearing before the spirits. Today when both parties establish contracts and mutually observe them, even without oath words, it is also called 盟. Such as 同盟 (alliance), 聯盟 (federation) etc. | In Mongolia, when several tribes unite into one group, it is called 盟.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 盟
The two countries were leagued with each other.
They aligned themselves with the Liberals.
The League of Nations did not make for peace.
Germany made an alliance with Italy.
The country kept faith with her ally.
Germany was once an ally of Italy.
Japan seceded from the League of Nations in 1933.
Germany was once an ally of Italy.
Germany was once allied with Italy.
Armenia joined the World Trade Organization in 2003.