莽

Translingual

Han character

莽 (radical 140 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈大廿 (TIKT), four-corner 4444₃, composition ⿳艹犬廾)

1. thicket, underbrush
2. poisonous

References

• KangXi: page 1036, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31132
• Dae Jaweon: page 1495, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3216, character 13
• Unihan data for U+83BD

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		莽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎng (mang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): bóng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˇ
    • Wade-Giles: mang³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maang
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁵
    • Yale: móhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóng
    • Tâi-lô: bóng
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (莽, reconstructed)
Character (莽), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 模 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 莫補切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/muoX/	/muoX/	/moX/	/muoX/	/mɔX/	/muX/	/moX/
Character (莽), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 唐 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 模朗切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/mɑŋX/	/mɑŋX/	/mɑŋX/	/mɑŋX/	/maŋX/	/mɑŋX/	/mɑŋX/
Character (莽), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 侯 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 莫厚切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/məuX/	/mə̯uX/	/muX/	/məuX/	/məwX/	/məuX/	/məuX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (莽, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
莽					8772					茻					陽					0					莽					/*maːŋʔ/
莽					8773					茻					侯					0					母					/*moːʔ/
莽					8775					茻					魚					0					姥					/*maːʔ/

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Japanese

Kanji

莽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ぼう (bō), もう (mō)
• Kun: くさ (kusa)

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Korean

Hanja

莽 (mang) (hangeul 망, revised mang, McCune-Reischauer mang, Yale mang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: mảng, mãng

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References

• Nom Foundation