萌

méng

m+éng·2nd tone

(bound form) to sprout; to bud

Radical: 艹 Strokes: 11

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Common

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏薄荒若

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Character Decomposition

萌=艹+明

Etymology

plant

Meanings

(bound form) to sprout; to bud

(coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character)

méng

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Words with 萌 63 total

to sprout · (fig.) to emerge萌动méng dòng to burgeon · to produce · to conceive · to be in the initial stage萌生méng shēng endearingly silly呆萌dāi méng to germinate again复萌fù méng (archaic) Mongol萌古Méng gǔ cute little kid萌娃méng wá (neologism) (slang) newbie萌新méng xīn to sprout · to shoot · to bud萌发méng fā (of a seed) to germinate · (of a plant) to sprout; to bud · sprout; bud · (also used figuratively)萌芽méng yá (slang) to act cute装萌zhuāng méng (slang) to act cute卖萌mài méng Mengzhu mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi萌渚岭Méng zhǔ lǐng (Internet slang) adorable · cute萌萌哒méng méng dā to revert to old ways故态复萌gù tài fù méng

Idioms with 萌 10 total Chain

to nip in the bud杜渐防萌dù jiān fáng méng to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud防患未萌fáng huàn wèi méng to revert to old ways故态复萌gù tài fù méng

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