Readings

Kana: モウ、ボウ、ミョウ、かしら
Romaji: mou, bou, myō, kashira
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: たけし、たけ、はる、はじめ、つとむ、おさ、はい
Romaji: takeshi, take, haru, hajime, tsutomu, osa, hai
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

chief, beginning

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  39
Frequency:  2127
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-3-5
Korean Reading:  mang
Chinese Reading:  meng4
Unicode:  5b5f
JIS:  4C52

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2220
Nelson Index: 1269
New Nelson Index: 1291
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2c5.1
Four Corner Index: 1710.7
Japanese Names Index: 667
Daikanwanjiten Index: 6960
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0833
Remembering the kanji Index: 2872
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1412
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1906
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2760

Words

孟子 (もうし)
Mencius (Meng Zi) (371-289BCE); the Discourses of Mencius - one of the Four Books
孔孟の教え (こうもうのおしえ)
the teachings of Confucius and Mencius
孟春 (もうしゅん)
beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
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
孟宗の節 (もうそうのふし)
root of a moso bamboo
孔孟 (こうもう)
Confucius and Mencius
孟夏 (もうか)
beginning of summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
孟女 (もうじょ)
eldest daughter
論孟 (ろんもう)
The Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius
孟宗竹 (もうそうちく、もうそうだけ、モウソウチク、モウソウダケ)
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots
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