This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: モウ、ボウ、こうむ.る、おお.う、くら.い
Romaji: mou, bou, koumu.ru, oo.u, kura.i
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

ignorance, darkness, get, receive, be subjected to, sustain, Mongolia

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  2360
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-3-10
Korean Reading:  mong
Chinese Reading:  meng3
Unicode:  8499
JIS:  4C58

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2505
Nelson Index: 4020
New Nelson Index: 5154
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k10.23
Four Corner Index: 4423.2
Japanese Names Index: 2003
Daikanwanjiten Index: 31555X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0814
Remembering the kanji Index: 2384
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2045
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2467
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2938

Words

(もう)
ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia
啓蒙 (けいもう)
enlightenment; instruction
御免被る (ごめんこうむる)
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
蒙古襞 (もうこひだ)
epicanthus
蒙古人種 (もうこじんしゅ)
the Mongoloid race
被る (こうむる)
to suffer; to receive; to sustain
満蒙 (まんもう)
Manchuria and Mongolia
蒙昧 (もうまい)
ignorance; (lack of) enlightenment or civilization (civilisation); unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised
蒙古斑 (もうこはん)
Mongolian spot; Mongolian blue spot; congenital dermal melanocytosis
蒙古語 (もうこご)
Mongolian (language)
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