猛

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 犭 + phonetic 孟.

Han character

猛 (radical 94 犬+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹弓木廿 (KHNDT), four-corner 4721₇)

1. violent, savage, cruel
2. bold

References

• KangXi: page 713, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20498
• Dae Jaweon: page 1125, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1354, character 22
• Unihan data for U+731B

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		猛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měng (meng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁵
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): mâng
• Min Nan (POJ): béng / mí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: měng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: mêng³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeng
    • IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁵
    • Yale: máahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑːŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâng
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /maŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: béng / mí
    • Tâi-lô: bíng / mí
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɪŋ⁴¹/, /mi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɪŋ⁵³/, /mi⁵³/

Adjective

猛

1. ferocious; fierce; violent; powerful

   • 風吹得很猛。 [MSC, trad.]

     风吹得很猛。 [MSC, simp.]

     Fēng chuī de hěn měng. [Pinyin]

     The wind is blowing very hard.

2. (slang) awesome

Adverb

猛

1. suddenly; quickly

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Japanese

Kanji

猛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: もう (mō)
• Kan’on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: たけし (takeshi)

Proper noun

猛 (hiragana たけし, romaji Takeshi)

1. A male given name

猛 (hiragana たける, romaji Takeru)

1. A male given name

Compounds

• 猛丸 (たけまる, Takemaru): male given name

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Korean

Hanja

猛 (maeng) (hangeul 맹, revised maeng, McCune-Reischauer maeng, Yale mayng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

猛 (mãnh, mạnh)

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