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甍

méng

Character

What 甍 means

1. rafters supporting tiles
2. ridge of a roof

Words containing 甍

• 鸱甍chī ménga kind of ornament on the roof ridge

Characters built on 艹

These share the phonetic component 艹 (cǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 蓬péngfleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes…
• 藤téngrattan; cane; vine
• 萌méng(bound form) to sprout; to bud; (colloquial) cute; adorable…
• 蘅héngAsarum blumei (wild ginger plant)
• 蕹wèngwater spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and…
• 蓊wěngluxuriant vegetation
• 葑fēngturnip

Sounds the same

Read méng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 盟oath; pledge; union
• 蒙(literary) sincere; honest; genuine
• 萌(bound form) to sprout; to bud; (colloquial) cute; adorable…
• 氓(literary) common people
• 朦used in 朦胧
• 檬used in 柠檬
• 虻horsefly; gadfly
• 幪used in 帡幪
• 礞(mineral)
• 曚twilight before dawn
• 瞢eyesight obscured; to feel ashamed
• 艨used in 艨冲