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濛

méng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 drizzling; misty (of fine rain)

Examples

细雨濛濛，远山模糊。
Xìyǔ méngméng, yuǎn shān móhu.
A fine drizzle fell, blurring the distant hills.
江南小镇笼罩在濛濛烟雨中。
Jiāngnán xiǎozhèn lǒngzhào zài méngméng yānyǔ zhōng.
Misty rain hung over the southern Yangtze towns.

Tips

usage
濛 is the rain-specific form of 蒙, used almost only in the doubled 濛濛 ('drizzling, hazy with fine rain'). In simplified mainland texts 蒙 often replaces it.

Components

radical
氵 shuǐ
water
The water radical 氵 is exactly what separates this rain-and-mist word from the plainer 蒙 ('to cover'); the water marks it as drizzle.
phonetic
蒙 méng
to cover; hazy
蒙 gives the sound méng and a 'haze / cover' flavour that suits fine, view-blurring rain.

Stroke Order

濛 méng