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朦

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used in 朦朧|朦胧[meng2 long2]

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Strokes
17
Radical
月 +14
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
朦
Common rank
#4,607
Unicode
U+6726

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 朦 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

月 meaning “moon” + 蒙 sound ( méng )

Components 月 蒙

How to remember it

dim · Heisig RSH #2126

moon + 蒙 Mongolia

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 朦

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
朦骨 Méng gǔ (archaic) Mongol
朦胧诗 méng lóng shī Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement
朦胧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim; (literary) murky; indistinct

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 蒙 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
蒙 sound part méng to cover; to deceive; Mongolia
檬 méng a type of locust tree
曚 méng twilight before dawn
艨 méng a long narrow war-boat
蠓 měng midge, sandfly
礞 méng a kind of mineral