蟒

See also: 蠎

蟒 U+87D2, 蟒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87D2 ← 蟑 [U+87D1] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟓 → [U+87D3]

Translingual

Han character

蟒 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿戈廿 (LITIT), four-corner 5414₃, composition ⿰虫莽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1096, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33572
• Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2876, character 13
• Unihan data for U+87D2

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (莽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蟒	*maːŋʔ
漭	*maːŋʔ, *maːŋs

Etymology 1

trad.		蟒
simp. #		蟒

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-lja(ŋ/k) (“python”), whence Proto-Loloish *laŋ¹ (“snake”), Proto-Karen *g-laŋ (“python”) (Handel, 1997; STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎng (mang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵
• Gan (Wiktionary): mong³
• Jin (Wiktionary): mon²
• Eastern Min (BUC): mōng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bóng / báng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mang²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶maon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎng
    • Wade–Giles: mang³
    • Yale: mǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maang
    • Palladius: ман (man)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mong⁵
    • Yale: móhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: mong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔŋ²¹³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mon²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mɒ̃⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mouŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóng / báng
    • Tâi-lô: bóng / báng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: borng, barng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ⁵³/, /baŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /baŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ⁵³/, /baŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ⁵³/, /baŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ⁴¹/, /baŋ⁴¹/

Note:

• bóng - literary;
• báng - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: mang²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: máng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶maon
    • MiniDict: maon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³maan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɑ̃²³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟒
Reading #	1/1
No.	8776
Phonetic component	莽
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	莽
Old Chinese	/*maːŋʔ/

Definitions

蟒

1. python

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蟒蛇 (“python; boa”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟒蛇, 蚺蛇
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蟒蛇
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蟒
	Xi'an	蟒
	Xining	蟒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	蟒
	Guilin	蟒
	Liuzhou	蟒蛇, 蝻蛇
	Nanning (Wuming)	蟒蛇
Mandarin	Singapore	蟒蛇
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝻蛇
	Hong Kong	蟒蛇, 蝻蛇
	Taishan	蝻蛇
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蝻蛇
	Dongguan	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Nanning	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Wuzhou	蝻蛇
	Yulin	蟒蛇, 蝻蛇
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蝻蛇, 蟒
Gan	Nanchang	蟒蛇
	Lichuan	蟒蛇
Hakka	Meixian	蝻蛇, 琴蛇
	Yudu	蟒蛇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Hong Kong	蝻蛇, 琴蛇
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	琴蛇
Jin	Taiyuan	蟒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蝻蛇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蟒
Southern Min	Xiamen	錦蛇
	Quanzhou	錦蛇
	Zhangzhou	錦蛇
	Taipei	錦蛇
	Yilan	錦蛇
	Taichung	錦蛇
	Tainan	蟒蛇
	Hsinchu	錦蛇, 大山剌
	Kinmen	錦蛇, 臭腥母
	Penghu (Magong)	錦蛇
	Penang (Hokkien)	錦蛇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	錦蛇
	Shantou	琴蛇, 蟒蛇
	Shantou (Chenghai)	琴蛇
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	琴蛇
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	琴蛇
	Leizhou	琴蛇
	Wenchang	蝻蛇
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	蝻蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蝻蛇
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蟒
Wu	Shanghai	蟒蛇
	Suzhou	蟒蛇
	Hangzhou	蟒蛇

Compounds

• 蟒牛 (Mǎngniú)
• 蟒蛇 (mǎngshé)
• 蟒衣 (mǎngyī)
• 蟒袍 (mǎngpáo)

 

Etymology 2

trad.		蟒
simp. #		蟒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měng (meng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng³
    • Yale: měng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeng
    • Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴/

Definitions

蟒

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Japanese

Kanji

蟒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: もう (mō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: うわばみ (uwabami); おろち (orochi)

Korean

Hanja

蟒 • (mang) (hangeul 망, revised mang, McCune–Reischauer mang, Yale mang)

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