孟 (maang6 | meng4) : eldest child

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孟

maang6

meng4

[1] eldest among siblings
[2] first month of a season

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 子 (#39)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

孟

Don't confuse with:
盂

This word has been viewed 5486 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Sep 2009 15:52

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孟子 maang6 zi2 meng4 zi3 = Mencius

孔孟 hung2 maang6 kong3 meng4 = Confucius and Mencius

孟加拉國 maang6 gaa1 laai1 gwok3 meng4 jia1 la1 guo2 = Bangladesh

孟加拉 maang6 gaa1 laai1 meng4 jia1 la1 = Bengal

孟買 maang6 maai5 meng4 mai3 = Bombay, Mumbai

孟加拉共和國 maang6 gaa1 laai1 gung6 wo4 gwok3 meng4 jia1 la1 gong4 he2 guo2 = Bangladesh

孟加拉語 maang6 gaa1 laai1 jyu5 meng4 jia1 la1 yu3 = Bengalese

孟縣 maang6 jyun6 meng4 xian4 = Meng county (county in Henan)

孟津 maang6 zeon1 meng4 jin1 = Mengjin (place in Henan)

孟加拉航空 maang6 gaa1 laai1 hong4 hung1 = Biman Bangladesh Airlines

孟村回族自治縣 maang6 cyun1 wui4 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6 meng4 cun1 hui2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4 = Mengcun Hui autonomous county (county in Hebei)

許孟哲 heoi2 maang6 zit3 xu3 meng4 zhe2 = Jason Hsu

孟飛 maang6 fei1 meng4 fei1 = Meng Fei

孟庭葦 maang6 ting4 wai5 meng4 ting2 wei3 = Mei Meng

吳孟達 ng4 maang6 daat6 wu2 meng4 da2 = Ng Man Tat

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Decimal representation of this word: 孟
Unicode code for this character: U+5b5f (off-site link)

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