孟
孟 — Chief
chief, beginning
On’yomiモウ (mou)
On’yomiボウ (bou)
On’yomiミョウ (myou)
Kun’yomiかしら (kashira)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 孟
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孟子 | もうし moushi | Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; Mencius (one of the Four Books) |
Study notes
孟 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2127 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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