Kanji

chief, beginning

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

子部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

モウ, ボウ, ミョウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

かしら

Nanori (Name Reading)

おさ, たけ, たけし, つとむ, とも, なが, はじむ, はじめ, はる, もと

Example sentences

孟子 もうし
大学の授業で孟子の思想を学んだ。

I studied Mencius's thought in a university class.

養生喪死 ようせいそうし
孟子は、民が養生喪死を果たせる社会を理想とした。

Mencius saw an ideal society as one where people could care for the living and properly mourn the dead.

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