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Kanji Detail for 蒙 - "cover, ignorant, receive"

  • Meaning

    蒙 means "cover, ignorant, receive."

    1. Cover - To hide; to obscure.

    2. Ignorant - Lacking knowledge; unenlightened.

    3. Receive - To be given; to suffer.

    4. Mongolia - Part of the name for Mongolia.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ignorance; darkness; get; receive; be subjected to; sustain; Mongolia

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (literary) sincere; honest; genuine

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to cover; to deceive; Mongolia

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

    Dark or obscure. The place where the sun sets is called 大蒙. Appears in the Erya. Also the appearance of not knowing anything. Such as 蒙昧 (ignorant), 顓蒙 (foolish). | Young. A 蒙童 (young child). Such as 訓蒙 (teaching the young), 蒙學 (elementary learning). | To cover. Such as 蒙難 (suffering disaster), 蒙塵 (covered with dust). Also 蒙蔽 (to deceive). Such as saying 上下相蒙 (superiors and subordinates deceiving each other). | To receive. Such as saying 蒙恩 (receiving grace), 蒙福 (receiving blessings), 曾蒙光動 (having received the favor of your visit) and the like. | Referring to oneself as 蒙. A humble term. Meaning ignorant and foolish. | 蒙古 (Mongolia). A minority ethnic group name. Also abbreviated as 蒙.
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