啟蒙

kai2 mung4

to instruct the young · to initiate · to awake sb from ignorance

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. to instruct the young
  2. to initiate
  3. to awake sb from ignorance
  4. to free sb from prejudice or superstition
  5. primer
  6. enlightened
  7. the Enlightenment
  8. Western learning from the late Qing dynasty

Written Forms

啟蒙Traditional · Main Form
启蒙Alternate Form

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