méng
swear
Phonosemantic compound. 皿 represents the meaning and 明 represents the sound.
Evolution
![盟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 盟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%9F_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![盟 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC) 盟 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%9F_8.png)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)![盟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 盟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%9F_21.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![盟 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD) 盟 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%9F_23.png)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
méng
swear; oath, covenant, alliance; oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
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