孟

mèng
#1,573 most
frequent character
first month of a season

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

孟 has 子, a child, as the picture part and 皿 mǐn for sound. It first meant the oldest among siblings. From there it grew to mean the first month of a season.

Drawn as: a child

孟 as a component in other characters

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