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
蒙古包
měng gǔ bāo
yurt
蒙难
méng nàn
to meet with disaster
埃德蒙
āi dé méng
(name) Edmund; Edmond
内蒙古自治区
nèi měng gǔ zì zhì qū
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, capital Hohhot 呼和浩特市[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4] (abbr. to 蒙[Meng3])
吕蒙
lǚ méng
Lü Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of Wu
蒙娜丽莎
méng nà lì shā
Mona Lisa
灰蒙蒙
huī mēng mēng
dusky
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