檬

檬	U+6AAC, 檬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6AAC

← 檫
[U+6AAB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

檭 →
[U+6AAD]

Translingual

Han character

檬 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 木廿月人 (DTBO), four-corner 4493₂, composition ⿰木蒙)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 558, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15710
Dae Jaweon: page 947, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1299, character 9
Unihan data for U+6AAC

Chinese

trad.		檬
simp. ^#		檬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (冡) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
蒙	*moːŋ
冡	*moːŋ
濛	moːŋ, moːŋʔ
艨	moːŋ, moːŋs
朦	moːŋ, moːŋʔ
矇	*moːŋ
饛	*moːŋ
檬	*moːŋ
鸏	moːŋ, moːŋʔ
幪	*moːŋ
蠓	moːŋ, moːŋʔ
靀	*moːŋ
曚	*moːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *moːŋ): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 蒙 (OC *moːŋ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méng (meng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): morng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méng
  - Wade–Giles: mêng²
  - Yale: méng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
  - Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mung⁴
  - Yale: mùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: morng²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: mó̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: morng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒŋ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: muwng

Rime
Character	檬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫紅切
Baxter	muwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/muŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/muŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwŋ/
Li Rong	/muŋ/
Wang Li	/muŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*moːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	檬
Reading #	1/1
No.	8976
Phonetic component	冡
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蒙
Old Chinese	/*moːŋ/

Definitions

檬

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) A type of locust-like tree.

Compounds

檬果 (méngguǒ)
海檬果

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méng (meng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mung^4-1
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): móng

(Meixian, Guangdong): mung²
Jin (Wiktionary): meng¹
Eastern Min (BUC): mùng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): morng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bông / bóng

(Teochew, Peng'im): mong⁵ / mou⁵ / mong²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méng
  - Wade–Giles: mêng²
  - Yale: méng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
  - Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mung^4-1
  - Yale: mūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mung^4-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: mung^4-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: móng
  - Hakka Romanization System: mong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mong³
  - Sinological IPA: /moŋ³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mung²
  - Sinological IPA: /mʊŋ¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: meng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /məŋ¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: morng²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: mó̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: morng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, dated in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
  - Tâi-lô: bông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boong
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóng
  - Tâi-lô: bóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: borng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mong⁵ / mou⁵ / mong²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mông / môu / móng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /moŋ⁵⁵/, /mou⁵⁵/, /moŋ⁵²/

Note:

mong5/mou5 - literary;
mong2 - vernacular.

Definitions

檬

used in 檸檬／柠檬 (níngméng, “lemon”)

Compounds

檸檬 / 柠檬 (níngméng)
檸檬水 / 柠檬水 (níngméngshuǐ)
檸檬汁 / 柠檬汁 (níngméngzhī)
檸檬烯 / 柠檬烯 (níngméngxī)
檸檬精 / 柠檬精 (níngméngjīng)
檸檬素 / 柠檬素
檸檬色 / 柠檬色 (níngméngsè)
檸檬茶 / 柠檬茶 (níngméngchá)
檸檬草 / 柠檬草 (níngméngcǎo)
檸檬酸 / 柠檬酸 (níngméngsuān)
檸檬醛 / 柠檬醛 (níngméngquán)
檸檬醬 / 柠檬酱 (níngméngjiàng)
檸檬香茅 / 柠檬香茅 (níngméng xiāngmáo)
檬水
甜檸檬心理 / 甜柠檬心理
酸檬
青檸檬 / 青柠檬
食檸檬 / 食柠檬
黎檬子 (líméngzǐ)

Etymology 3

From Vietnamese bún.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méng (meng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mung^4-1

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méng
  - Wade–Giles: mêng²
  - Yale: méng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
  - Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mung^4-1
  - Yale: mūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mung^4-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: mung^4-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Definitions

檬

bún (Vietnamese rice vermicelli)

Derived terms

撈檬 / 捞檬
檬粉 (méngfěn)
湯檬 / 汤檬

References

莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “檬”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 155.

Japanese

Kanji

檬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ぼう (bō)、も (mo)

Korean

Hanja

檬 (eumhun 레몬 (lemon) 몽 (remon ( lemon ) mong))

hanja form^? of 몽 (“lemon”)

Compounds

영몽 (檸檬, yeongmong, “lemon”)
몽과 (檬果, monggwa, “mango”)

Vietnamese

Han character

檬: Hán Nôm readings: muồng, môm, mông, muỗm

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References

Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999