méng
adjective #49,097

Meanings

  1. 1 dim; hazy; obscure

Examples

Chénwù zhōng de qúnshān xiǎnde ménglóng.
The mountains looked hazy in the morning mist.
Tā shuìyǎn ménglóng de tīngdào yǒu rén qiāomén.
Half asleep, she heard someone knock at the door.

Tips

usage
Bound character: it lives in 朦胧 (hazy, dim, blurry), used for moonlight, mist, sleepy eyes, and vague feelings. Note the moon radical — think of soft, blurred moonlight.

Components

radical
yuè
moon
Left-side moon radical (the moon , not the flesh element). Dim, hazy light is classically the light of a clouded moon, which is exactly the image in 朦胧.
phonetic
méng
to cover; hazy
Right side gives the exact sound méng and strong meaning support: means 'to cover, obscure', which is precisely what makes a scene hazy.

Stroke Order

méng