méngměngmēng

cover

Original meaning: 

a parasitic vine

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally the name of a plant, later meanings coincide with the original meaning of (to cover).

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

冡 sound component

  Sound component

méng

  

to cover

Evolution

蒙 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
蒙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蒙 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蒙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

méng

cover; ignorant; suffer; mongolia; to cover; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat

 

Méng

surname Meng

 

Měng

Mongol ethnic group; abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國|蒙古国[Měng​gǔ​guó]; Taiwan pr. [Méng]

 

mēng

(knocked) unconscious; dazed; stunned

() 

méng

drizzle; mist

() 

mēng

to deceive; to hoodwink; to make a wild guess

() 

méng

blind; dim-sighted

Most common words with 蒙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to cover

蒙古

Mongolia

内蒙古

Inner Mongolia

荷尔蒙

hormone (loanword)

蒙蔽

to deceive

Component uses

Sound component in 9 characters (0 verified)