Kanji1 / 8
孟 kanji
chief, beginning
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
モウボウミョウ
Kun readings
かしら
Words with 孟
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —孔孟Confucius and Mencius
- —孟夏beginning of summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
- —孟子Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; Mencius (one of the Four Books)
- —孟春beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
- —孟女eldest daughter
- —論孟the Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius
- —孟秋beginning of autumn; seventh month of the lunar calendar
- —孟冬beginning of winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar
- —孟宗moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)
- —孟浪careless; incoherent; sloppy; negligent
- —孟宗竹moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots
- —孟母三遷the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves
- —孟宗の節root of a moso bamboo
- —孔孟の教えthe teachings of Confucius and Mencius
- —孟母三遷の教えthe importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning
- —孟母断機の教え(the lesson that) one should not leave things unfinished
- —御孟様father