猛

Translingual

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

猛 (jyutping maang5, Yale maang5)

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Japanese

Kanji

猛 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: もう (mō), 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 (hangeul 맹, revised maeng, McCune-Reischauer maeng, Yale mayng)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

猛 (pinyin měng (meng3), Wade-Giles meng³)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

猛 (POJ mé, béng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

猛 (mãnh, mạnh)