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锰

měng

Character Traditional 錳

What 锰 means

1. manganese (chemistry)

Words starting with 锰

• 锰矿měng kuàngmanganese ore
• 锰结核měng jié hémanganese nodule

Words containing 锰

• 高锰酸钾gāo měng suān jiǎpotassium permanganate
• 二氧化锰èr yǎng huà měngmanganese(iv) oxide

Characters built on 孟

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

• 猛měngferocious; fierce; violent
• 蜢měnggrasshopper
• 勐měngmeng (old administrative division in Dai areas of Yunnan); variant of 猛
• 艋měngused in 舴艋

Characters that look like 锰

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 编biānto weave; to plait; to organize
• 铼láirhenium (chemistry)
• 毓yù(literary) to produce; to foster; to nurture
• 蜢měnggrasshopper
• 辕yuánshaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…
• 锗zhěgermanium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read měng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 猛ferocious; fierce; violent
• 懵(bound form) confused; ignorant
• 勐meng (old administrative division in Dai areas of Yunnan); variant of 猛
• 蜢grasshopper
• 獴mongoose; Taiwan pr. méng
• 艋used in 舴艋
• 蠓midge
• 黾toad
• 蒙Mongol ethnic group; abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古国; Taiwan pr. Méng