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蒙 means 'ignorance'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 1986   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-3    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 15 words   Used in 34 words   Used in 12 names   Component in 12 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
On
   モウ
On    ボウ
Kun    こうむ   おお   くら
Lower part is a rare kanji (-)
⿳   () grass  ⿵   cover; covered   one   pig  
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蒙 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 蒙 is used 34 times, read 2 ways.
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モウ : 29 words FIND ALL
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enlightenment; instruction
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こうむ : 5 words FIND ALL
expression, 'ru' godan verb
1. to receive permission
2. to leave (with someone's permission); to retire  (see also: 御免蒙る)
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An additional モウ less common words include 蒙 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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モウ    ignorance; darkness; Mongolia   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
pig
cover; covered   
grass   
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