朦朧

See also: 矇矓 and 朦胧

Chinese

deceive; indistinct rising moon
trad. (朦朧)
simp. (朦胧)
2nd round simp. 𰰡龙

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (4) (37)
Final () (1) (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter muwng luwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muŋ/ /luŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/muŋ/ /luŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/muŋ/ /luŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/məwŋ/ /ləwŋ/
Li
Rong
/muŋ/ /luŋ/
Wang
Li
/muŋ/ /luŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/muŋ/ /luŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
méng lóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mung4 lung4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
No. 8973 8414
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*moːŋ/ /*roːŋ/

Adjective

朦朧

  1. (of moonlight) dim; hazy
  2. indistinct; fuzzy; blurred
  3. confused; muddled

Synonyms

  • (dim): (literary) 曚曨曚昽 (ménglóng)
  • (indistinct):

Derived terms

  • 朦朧保舉朦胧保举
  • 朦朧恍惚朦胧恍惚
  • 朦朧朦朧朦胧朦胧
  • 醉眼朦朧醉眼朦胧

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (朦朧):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もう
Hyōgaiji
ろう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーろー [mòóróó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞ːɾo̞ː]

Adjective

(もう)(ろう) • (mōrō) -tari (adnominal (もう)(ろう)とした (mōrō to shita) or (もう)(ろう)たる (mōrō taru), adverbial (もう)(ろう) (mōrō to) or (もう)(ろう)として (mōrō to shite))

  1. faint, dim, obscure (not clearly visible)
  2. vague (not clearly expressed)
  3. hazy (in an impaired mental state)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • 朦朧体(もうろうたい) (mōrōtai)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Root

朦朧 • (mongnong) (hangeul 몽롱)

  1. Hanja form? of 몽롱.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

朦朧

  1. chữ Hán form of mông lung (vague, uncertain, confused).
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