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孟 means 'beginning'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 2087   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-3    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 12 words   Used in 14 words   Used in 81 names   Component in 4 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
On
   モウ
On    ボウ   ミョウ
Kun    かしら chief, beginning
Name    たけし   たけ   はる   はじめ   つとむ   おさ   はい
⿱   child   dish  
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孟 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 孟 is used 14 times, read 1 way.
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noun
1. Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi
2. Mencius (one of the Four Books)  (see also: 四書)
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An additional モウ less common words include 孟 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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モウ    beginning   
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シ   ス   こ child   
さら dish   
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