盟
Meanings
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- 1.oath
- 2.pledge
- 3.union
- 4.to ally
- 5.league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
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Wiktionary
- 1.to swear; to pledge
- 2.oath; covenant; alliance
- 3.league (administrative unit in Inner Mongolia)
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Etymology
Oracle bone script (𥁰): Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mraŋ, *mraːŋs): semantic 囧 + phonetic 皿 (OC *maŋʔ). Bronze inscriptions (𥂗): Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mraŋ, *mraːŋs): phonetic 朙 (míng) + semantic 皿. 月 was added to 𥁰. 朙 is an ancient form of 明, and now this character (盟) is a phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mraŋ, *mraːŋs): phonetic 明 (OC *mraŋ) + semantic 皿.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
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Derived terms
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Related words
联盟 alliance同盟 alliance盟友 ally加盟 (of a nation) to join an alliance; (of an athlete) to join a sports team; (of an entrepreneur) to join a franchise; (of an actor) to join the cast of a movie; (of a recording artist) to sign with a label盟约 contract of alliance台盟 abbr. for 台湾民主自治同盟[Tái wān Mín zhǔ Zì zhì Tóng méng]盟弟 junior partner in sworn brotherhood盟员 league member盟誓 oath of alliance结盟 to form an alliance盟军 allied forces入盟 to join (e.g. union or alliance)