Kanji
孟
N1
8 strokes
Grade 9
freq #2127
chief, beginning
On'yomi (音読み)
モウ、 ボウ、 ミョウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
かしら
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
孟子
もうし
Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi
孟秋
もうしゅう
beginning of autumn
孟買
ボンベイ
Bombay (old name for Mumbai)
孟浪
もうろう
careless; incoherent
孟宗
もうそう
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)
孟宗竹
もうそうちく
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots
孟冬
もうとう
beginning of winter
孔孟
こうもう
Confucius and Mencius
孟母三遷
もうぼさんせん
the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves
論孟
ろんもう
the Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
孟母断機の教え
もうぼだんきのおしえ
(the lesson that) one should not leave things unfinished
孟母三遷の教え
もうぼさんせんのおしえ
the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning
孟宗の節
もうそうのふし
root of a moso bamboo
孔孟の教え
こうもうのおしえ
the teachings of Confucius and Mencius