méng

萌

Character · Noun

ancient variant of 'mob/common people'

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 1 examples
1.

noun

(archaic) common people; the masses; mob

archaic

An ancient written variant of 氓 (méng), now obsolete in this sense.

Gǔ古
wén文
zhōng中
 “
méng萌
 ”
yǒu有
shí时
tóng同
 “
méng氓
 ”
 ，
zhǐ指
xiāng乡
mín民
 。

In classical texts, '萌' sometimes meant the same as '氓', referring to common villagers.