Chinese Character Wiki

甍

méng

rafters supporting roof tiles

Components
𦰋 sound component

𦰋  Sound component

méng

  

eyesight obscured

瓦 meaning component

瓦  Meaning component

wǎ

  

earthenware

Evolution

甍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
甍 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
甍 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
甍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

甍  

méng

rafters supporting roof tiles; rafters supporting tiles; ridge of a roof

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7161st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+750D

Shuowen

“甍，屋棟也。从瓦，夢省聲。”


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