启蒙

Traditional form:

啟蒙

Pinyin (reading):

qǐméng

Definitions:

• to instruct the young
• to initiate
• to awake sb from ignorance
• to free sb from prejudice or superstition
• primer
• enlightened
• the Enlightenment
• Western learning from the late Qing dynasty

Characters:

• 启 - to open; to begin, to commence; to explain
• 蒙 - to cover; to deceive; Mongolia

Traditional characters:

• 啟 - to open; to begin, to commence; to explain
• 蒙 - to cover; to deceive; Mongolia