盟
oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,172 U+76DF
How 盟 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
皿 (semantic, “offering dish”) + 明 (phonetic, míng)
How to remember it
alliance · Heisig RSH #2484
明 bright + dish
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 明
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 明 (míng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 明 sound component | míng | bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light |
| 萌 | méng | bud, germ, sprout; to bud |
Words containing 盟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东南亚国家联盟 | Dōng nán yà Guó jiā Lián méng | ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) |
| 中国民主同盟 | Zhōng guó Mín zhǔ Tóng méng | China Democratic League, one of the eight legally recognized non-CCP political parties in … |
| 中国同盟会 | Zhōng guó Tóng méng huì | Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨… |
| 阿拉伯国家联盟 | Ā lā bó Guó jiā Lián méng | League of Arab States; Arab League |
| 全国民主联盟 | Quán guó Mín zhǔ lián méng | Myanmar or Burma National league for democracy (NLD) |
| 不结盟运动 | Bù Jié méng Yùn dòng | Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) |
| 台湾民主自治同盟 | Tái wān Mín zhǔ Zì zhì Tóng méng | Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League |
| 加勒比国家联盟 | Jiā lè bǐ Guó jiā Lián méng | Association of Caribbean States |
| 国际数学联盟 | Guó jì Shù xué Lián méng | International Mathematical Union |
| 苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟 | Sū wéi āi Shè huì zhǔ yì Gòng hé guó Lián méng | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1922-1991; abbr. to 蘇聯|苏联[Su1 lian2] Soviet Un… |
| 国际电信联盟 | guó jì diàn xìn lián méng | International Telecommunications Union; ITU |
| 南亚区域合作联盟 | Nán Yà Qū yù Hé zuò Lián méng | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) |
| 西盟县 | Xī méng Xiàn | see 西盟佤族自治縣|西盟佤族自治县[Xi1 meng2 Wa3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 同盟国 | tóng méng guó | allied nation; ally; confederation |
| 同盟会 | Tóng méng huì | Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨… |
| 中国左翼作家联盟 | Zhōng guó Zuǒ yì Zuò jiā Lián méng | the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930 |
| 不结盟 | bù jié méng | nonalignment |
| 民主建港协进联盟 | Mín zhǔ Jiàn gǎng Xié jìn Lián méng | Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing poli… |
| 阿拉善盟 | Ā lā shàn Méng | Alxa, league in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1… |
| 国际联盟 | Guó jì Lián méng | League of Nations (1920-1946), based in Geneva, precursor of the UN |