蒙
mēng
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(literary) sincere; honest; genuine
Formation & memory
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How 蒙 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 meaning “plant” + 冡 sound ()
Components 艹 冡
How to remember it
Mongolia · Heisig RSH #2125
greenhouse + ceiling + sow
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 蒙
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 河南蒙古族自治县 | Henan Mongol Autonomous County, in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[… | |
| 蒙特利尔 | Montreal, city in Quebec, Canada | |
| 蒙山县 | Mengshan, a county in Wuzhou City 梧州市[Wu2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 蒙特卡罗方法 | Monte Carlo method (math.) | |
| 和布克赛尔蒙古自治县 | Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County, in Tacheng Prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 Di4 qu1], Xi… | |
| 蒙自市 | Mengzi, a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族… | |
| 多特蒙德 | Dortmund, city in the Ruhr 魯爾區|鲁尔区[Lu3 er3 Qu1], Germany | |
| 内蒙古自治区 | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, capital Hohhot 呼和浩特市[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4] (short name … | |
| 内蒙古大学 | Inner Mongolia University | |
| 蒙城县 | Mengcheng, a county in Bozhou City 亳州市[Bo2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 西格蒙德 | Sigmund (name) | |
| 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 | Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai Province 青海省[Qing1 hai3 Sheng3] | |
| 蒙地卡罗 | Monte-Carlo (Monaco) (Tw) | |
| 蒙古人民共和国 | People's Republic of Mongolia (from 1924) | |
| 博尔塔拉蒙古自治州 | Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自… | |
| 蒙特维多 | Montevideo, capital of Uruguay (Tw) | |
| 蒙代尔 | Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassad… | |
| 蒙古人 | Mongol | |
| 蒙古国 | Mongolia | |
| 蒙古大夫 | (coll.) quack (doctor); charlatan |