English word mon comes from Japanese 文
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| 文 | Japanese (jpn) | (archaic) study, scholarship (especially of classical Chinese). A letter (written communication), an epistle. A style of. Writing, something written (also spelled 紋, 綾). (also spelled 綾, 絢). A diagonal crossing. A flowery expression or turn of phrase. A harder vein or grain in a leaf or piece of wood or bamboo. A kind of woven silk textile with a diagonally crossing pattern. A mediator, a [...] |
| mon | English (eng) | The badge or emblem a Japanese family, especially a family of the ancient feudal nobility. It is typically circular and consists of conventionalized forms from nature.. The former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen. |