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盟: alliance, oath

JLPT N113 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

皿 carries the meaning · 明 gives the sound

13 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

メイmei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 盟友めいゆうsworn friend
  • 盟約めいやくoath, pledge, pact, covenant
  • 同盟どうめいalliance, union, league
  • 連盟れんめいleague, union, alliance
  • 加盟するかめいするjoin, become a member
  • 加盟かめい
  • 盟主めいしゅleader (of an alliance); leading power

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)囧 (meaning) + 皿 (sound)

Oracle bone script (𥁰): Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 囧 + phonetic 皿.

Source: Wiktionary, 盟 (rev. 94587467), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Dinner is served! Imagine a beautiful ceramic plate or a sturdy wooden bowl ready to hold a feast.”
More in the 皿 plate story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
明

Also built on bright (明)

盟 takes the 明 family's reading, メイ (mei).

皿

Also built on plate (皿)

All 8

Also read メイ

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
盟 alliance · 皿
vs萌 show symptoms of · 艹
盟 has 皿 where 萌 has 艹.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · méng

Same form: 盟 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
盟 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
盟 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin méng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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