猛

猛 U+731B, 猛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-731B ← 猚 [U+731A] CJK Unified Ideographs 猜 → [U+731C]

See also: 勐

Translingual

Han character

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

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

simp. and trad.		猛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (皿) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
猛	*mraːŋʔ
艋	*mraːŋʔ
蜢	*mraːŋʔ
皿	*maŋʔ
孟	*mraːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mraːŋʔ): semantic 犭 + phonetic 孟 (OC *mraːŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měng (meng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mâng
• Min Nan (POJ): béng / mih / meeh / mé

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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
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑːŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mang¹
    • IPA: /maŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: béng
    • Tâi-lô: bíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mih
    • Tâi-lô: mih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mĩʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: meeh
    • Tâi-lô: meeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɛ̃ʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mé
    • Tâi-lô: mé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mea
    • IPA (Taipei): /mẽ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ⁴¹/

Note:

• béng - literary;
• mih/meeh/mé - vernacular.

Definitions

猛

1. ferocious; fierce; violent; powerful; vigorous

   風吹得很猛。 / 风吹得很猛。  ―  Fēng chuī de hěn měng.  ―  The wind is blowing very hard.

   猛獸 / 猛兽  ―  měngshòu  ―  ferocious beast

2. bold

   勇猛  ―  yǒngměng  ―  bold

3. (slang) awesome
4. suddenly; quickly
5. (Cantonese) continuously; vigorously; persistently; insistently

   佢猛打機，都唔記得要食飯。 [Cantonese, trad.]

   佢猛打机，都唔记得要食饭。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   Keoi⁵ maang⁵ daa² gei¹, dou¹ m⁴ gei³ dak¹ jiu³ sik⁶ faan⁶. [Jyutping]

   He gamed as if there were no tomorrow, such that he even forgot to eat.

   十個女仔，九個話咪，明明係制，猛話唔係 [Cantonese, trad.]

   十个女仔，九个话咪，明明系制，猛话唔系 [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: Samuei Hui, 十個女仔

   sap⁶ go³ neoi⁵ zai², gau² go³ waa⁶ mai⁵, ming⁴ ming⁴ hai⁶ zai³, maang⁵ waa⁶ m⁴ hai⁶ [Jyutping]

   Out of ten girls, nine said no. [They're] obviously willing, [but they] kept saying no.

Compounds

• 乍猛的
• 凶猛
• 劉猛將軍／刘猛将军
• 勇猛 (yǒngměng)
• 勇猛果敢
• 勇猛求進／勇猛求进
• 勇猛直前
• 勇猛精進／勇猛精进
• 太猛
• 威猛
• 威而不猛
• 寬猛相濟／宽猛相济
• 張猛龍碑／张猛龙碑
• 扎猛子 (zhāměngzi)
• 打猛子
• 攫戾執猛／攫戾执猛
• 毒蛇猛獸／毒蛇猛兽
• 洪水猛獸／洪水猛兽
• 狼猛蜂毒
• 猛不防
• 猛個勁／猛个劲
• 猛力

• 猛勁／猛劲
• 猛可
• 猛可裡／猛可里
• 猛回頭／猛回头
• 猛地裡／猛地里
• 猛士 (měngshì)
• 猛奮／猛奋
• 猛子
• 猛將／猛将 (měngjiàng)
• 猛戾
• 猛攻 (měnggōng)
• 猛樹／猛树
• 猛殺／猛杀
• 猛火 (měnghuǒ)
• 猛火油
• 猛烈 (měngliè)
• 猛然 (měngrán)
• 猛然大悟
• 猛然間／猛然间
• 猛獸／猛兽 (měngshòu)
• 猛的
• 猛省 (měngxǐng)

• 猛禽 (měngqín)
• 猛糾／猛纠
• 猛著先鞭
• 猛著祖鞭
• 猛藥／猛药
• 猛虎 (měnghǔ)
• 猛虎步
• 猛衝／猛冲
• 猛跌
• 猛進／猛进
• 猛醒
• 猛飲／猛饮
• 生猛 (shēngměng)
• 生猛海鮮／生猛海鲜
• 突飛猛進／突飞猛进
• 精兵猛將／精兵猛将
• 聲雄力猛／声雄力猛
• 謀臣猛將／谋臣猛将
• 踏猛子
• 迅猛 (xùnměng)
• 邁步猛進／迈步猛进
• 高歌猛進／高歌猛进

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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)

Compounds

Compounds

• 猛丸 (たけまる) (Takemaru): A male given name
• 猛速 (もうそく) (mōsoku): seriously fast speed

Kanji in this term
猛
もう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) も​う [móꜜò] (Atamadaka - [1])
  • IPA^(key): [mo̞ː]

Noun

猛 (hiragana もう, rōmaji mō, historical hiragana まう)

1. ferociousness

Proper noun

猛 (hiragana たけし, rōmaji Takeshi)

1. A male given name

猛 (hiragana たける, rōmaji Takeru)

1. A 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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