U+8499 "蒙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+8499 "蒙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that carries a rich array of meanings, primarily associated with concepts of darkness, covering, obscurity, or ignorance, as seen in words like "meng" (to cover or conceal) and "mengmei" (ignorant or benighted). It is also a common surname in Chinese culture and plays a key role in classical texts, such as the "Yijing" (I Ching) where it represents the hexagram for youthful inexperience or obscurity. Beyond its literal sense, the character is used in contemporary contexts to denote Mongolia (as in "Menggu") and the term "mengyue" (faint or hazy). As a component in compound words, it conveys a sense of being veiled or not fully understood, reflecting both historical and modern linguistic usage across Sino-Xenic languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8499 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 蒙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蒙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x92 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8499 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008499 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8499 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BB58 |
| kCCCII | 215564 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6A60 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6A60 |
| kCangjie | TBMO |
| kCantonese | mung4 |
| kCihaiT | 1156.602 |
| kCowles | 2803 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1509.220 |
| kDefinition | cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃ |
| kEACC | 215564 |
| kFanqie | 莫紅 |
| kFenn | 289D |
| kFennIndex | 336.03 336.06 337.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4423.2 |
| kGB0 | 3541 |
| kGB1 | 3541 |
| kGSR | 1181a |
| kHangul | 몽:0E |
| kHanYu | 53271.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu | méng(62) mēng(15) měng(13) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53271.040:méng,měng,mēng |
| kHKGlyph | 3512 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1509.220 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53271.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1048.150 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4349 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BB58 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4C58 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DBC3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5955 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6A60 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6545 |
| kJapanese | モウ ボウ モ ム おおう くらい こうむる |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2859 |
| kJapaneseKun | OOU KOUMURU KURAI |
| kJapaneseOn | BOU MOU |
| kJis0 | 4456 |
| kKangXi | 1048.150 |
| kKorean | MONG |
| kLau | 2229 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5536 |
| kMandarin | méng |
| kMatthews | 4437 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1919 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022452 MJ022452:E0101 MJ022453:E0102 MJ022454:E0103 MJ022455:E0104 |
| kMorohashi | 31555:E0102 |
| kNelson | 4020 |
| kPhonetic | 935 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3812+140.3.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.10 |
| kSBGY | 029.13 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "蒙" U+8499 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "𰰡" U+30C21 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 592.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | méng粵mung4 měng粵mung4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5536 |
| kTang | *mung |
| kTGHZ2013 | 247.160,247.170:mēng 248.040,248.050,248.060,248.070:méng 248.200:měng |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "懞" U+61DE CJK Unified Ideograph-# "濛" U+6FDB CJK Unified Ideograph-# "矇" U+77C7 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "蒙" U+8499 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | mông |
| kXerox | 245:136 |
| kXHC1983 | 0777.040:mēng 0777.070:méng 0778.120:měng |