胧 (lóng) — used in 朦朧|朦胧 | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

胧 (lóng) is a bound form used only inside 朦胧 (ménglóng), meaning 'hazy / vague / dim'. You will never see 胧 on its own.

bound form

used in 朦朧|朦胧

Easily confused

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Yuè liang zài wū yún zhōng xiǎn de hěn méng lóng.
The moon looks very hazy in the dark clouds.
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Tā duì zhè jiàn shì zhǐ yǒu yì diǎn méng lóng de yìn xiàng.
He only has a vague impression of this matter.
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Zhè zhǒng shī yì méng lóng de gǎn jué ràng rén táo zuì.
This poetic hazy feeling makes people intoxicated.

Sound + meaning

六书liùshū

形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 朧; 胧 is its simplified writing.

月龍朧

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

龍

龍lóng朧

Same sound today

The traditional form 朧 has 月, the moon, on the left and 龍 for the sound; the simplified 胧 is a shorthand.