尨

See also: 龍

Translingual

Han character

尨 (radical 43 尢+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈大山竹 (IKUH), 戈山竹竹竹 (IUHHH), four-corner 4201₂, composition ⿺尤彡)

1. shaggy haired dog
2. variegated

References

• KangXi: page 298, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7554
• Dae Jaweon: page 593, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 553, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5C28

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		尨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máng (mang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴, mung⁴, pong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: máng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mang
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁴, mung⁴, pong⁴
    • Yale: mòhng, mùhng, pòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴, mung⁴, pong⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹/, /mʊŋ²¹/, /pʰɔːŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (尨, reconstructed)
Character (尨), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 江 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 莫江切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/mɣʌŋ/	/mɔŋ/	/mɔŋ/	/mɯɔŋ/	/maɨwŋ/	/mɔŋ/	/mɔŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (尨, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
尨								máng								‹ mæwng ›								/*mˤroŋ/								variegated
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
尨					8763					尨					東					0					厖					/*mroːŋ/					同狵

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Japanese

Kanji

尨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: むくいぬ (mukuinu)

Noun

尨 (hiragana むく, romaji muku)

1. shaggy hair

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Korean

Hanja

尨 (bang, bong)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 방, 봉 (revised: bang, bong, McCune-Reischauer: pang, pong)

• Name (hangeul): 삽살개, 얼룩얼룩하다()

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