儚

儚 U+511A, 儚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-511A ← 儙 [U+5119] CJK Unified Ideographs 儛 → [U+511B]

Translingual

Han character

儚 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人廿田弓 (OTWN), four-corner 2522₇, composition ⿰亻夢)

1. vain, empty
2. fickle

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 120, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1236
• Dae Jaweon: page 254, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 230, character 3
• Unihan data for U+511A

Chinese

trad.		儚
simp. #		儚
alternative forms		𠐧 懜 𢟼 顭 𩕫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²
    • Yale: méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mung⁴
    • Yale: mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng
    • Tâi-lô: bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³/

Definitions

儚

1. Used in 儚儚.
2. vain; empty
3. fickle

Japanese

Kanji

儚

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. transient, fleeting

Readings

• Go-on: もう (mō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: はかない (hakanai, 儚い)、くらい (kurai, 儚い)

Korean

Hanja

儚 • (meong) (hangeul 멍, revised meong, McCune–Reischauer mŏng)

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