蒙
méng
to cover
surname Meng; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat
Grass (艹) + cover sound (冡) = covered, obscured, ignorant
The grass radical (艹) gestures at dense, tangled plants that cover and obscure — fitting for meanings like covering or being kept in the dark. 冡 mainly provides the méng sound; the semantic weight rests with the vegetation.
他用布蒙住了箱子。
tā yòng bù méng zhù le xiāng zi。
He covered the box with a cloth.
她蒙受了很大的损失。
tā méng shòu le hěn dà de sǔn shī。
She suffered a great loss.
Words with 蒙
蒙古国
měng gǔ guó
Mongolia
酒蒙子
jiǔ mēng zi
(dialect) drunkard; alcoholic
里奇蒙
lǐ qí méng
Richmond (place name or surname)
表蒙子
biǎo méng zi
watch glass
开蒙
kāi méng
(old) (of a child) to begin schooling
阜新蒙古族自治县
fù xīn měng gǔ zú zì zhì xiàn
Fuxin Mongol autonomous county in Fuxin 阜新, Liaoning
阿蒙
ā méng
Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen
雷蒙德
léi méng dé
Raymond (name)
雾蒙蒙
wù méng méng
foggy; misty; hazy
鸿蒙
hóng méng
(literary) primordial chaos (mythological void state preceding the creation of the universe)
麦德蒙
mài dé méng
McDermott (name)
佛蒙特
fó méng tè
Vermont, US state