蒙
蒙: ignorance
ignorance; suffer; Mongolia
13 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 5 words here
Readings
On
モウ・ボウ
Kunこうむる・おおう・くらい
As the verb 蒙る (こうむる) it means to receive something, often harm; in compounds it reads モウ, as in 啓蒙.
Key words
啓蒙けいもうenlightenment
蒙るこうむるto suffer; to receive
蒙古もうこMongolia
蒙昧もうまいignorance
Example sentences
十八世紀のヨーロッパでは、啓蒙思想が広まった。
In eighteenth-century Europe, Enlightenment thought spread widely.
台風で、この地方の農家は大きな被害を蒙った。
Farmers in this region suffered heavy damage from the typhoon.
赤ちゃんのお尻に蒙古斑があるのは、よくあることだ。
It is quite common for babies to have a Mongolian spot on their bottoms.