朦胧

méng lóng · HSK 7

hazy

🌫️ both halves carry the 月 moon radical: dim moonlight = hazy, blurry

朦 and 胧 each pair the 月 moon radical with a sound component, and the word first named faint moonlight. méng lóng also rhymes as a soft echoing pair, matching the soft blurred sense of hazy.

More Chinese words · How Chinese works