Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Kangxi Strokes: 14 Page 1041, Entry 05 Ancient form of the character for a type of copper. Pronounced meng. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): The sprout of a plant. Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): The beginning of vegetable growth. Guangya (Broad Refinement): To begin. Also, the appearance of being still. Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi): Formerly I showed him the patterns of the earth, sprout-like and unmoved, neither upright nor inclined. Also, tilling is called meng. Book of Rites (Zhouli), Office of Autumn: The Weeding Official manages the killing of weeds; in the spring, when they first sprout, he tills them. Note: This refers to tilling and turning over their sprouts. Also a surname. Zhengzitong (Correction of Characters): A minor general in the state of Shu during the Five Dynasties period named Meng Lu. Also Jiameng, a place name. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Commentary on the Biography of Merchants: Belonged to Guanghan, today it is a county in Lizhou. Also used interchangeably with meng (people). Guanzi (Guanzi): It says to the people of the high fields: the currency I have deposited with you is such an amount. Note: Meng means the people. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): It extends to the common people and servants. Also written in the same form as the character for weeds. Erya (Erya), Explanation of Teachings: Chun-chun and meng-meng mean to exist. Also in ancient pronunciation: pronounced mang. Yang Xiong's Admonition for the Youzhou Governor: Righteous troops cross the desert, pacifying our border people. It rhymes with the character for bran below. Also shares the same meaning as mang. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances: Those that are hooked fully emerge, those that are sprouting fully arrive. Guanzi (Guanzi), Chapter on the Five Elements: Plants and trees emerge as sprouts. Qu-meng is the same as Gou-mang. Also pronounced meng. Same meaning. Also pronounced ming. Jue-meng is the name of a plant.