猛

See also: 勐

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

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𢕙

References

• KangXi: page 713, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20498
• Dae Jaweon: page 1125, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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 犬 + phonetic 孟 (OC *mraːŋs).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): měng (meng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): mong³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): maang⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mang⁴, mang¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): men³ / mang³ / mung³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mâng / mên

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mang¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): meng²
• Min Bei (KCR): ma̿ing
• Min Dong (BUC): māng / mēng / mē̤ng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): béng / mí / mée / mé / mih / meeh

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mên² / mêng²

• Wu (Wiktionary): man (T3); 'men (T2)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): mong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: měng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ
    • Wade–Giles: mêng3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mong³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moŋ⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁵
    • Yale: máahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mäːŋ¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mang⁴, mang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbaŋ²¹/, /ᵐbaŋ³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: men³ / mang³ / mung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛn²¹³/, /maŋ²¹³/, /muŋ²¹³/

Note:

• men3 - vernacular;
• mang3 - vernacular (used in 猛子);
• mung3 - literary.

Hakka

• (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâng / mên
  • Hakka Romanization System: mang´ / men´
  • Hagfa Pinyim: mang¹ / men¹
  • Sinological IPA: /maŋ²⁴/, /men²⁴/
• (Meixian)
  • Guangdong: mang¹
  • Sinological IPA: /maŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• Sixian:
  • mâng - verncular;
  • mên - literary.

Jin

• (Taiyuan)⁺
  • Wiktionary: meng²
  • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mə̃ŋ⁵³/

Min Bei

• (Jian'ou)
  • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ma̿ing
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maiŋ³³/

Min Dong

• (Fuzhou)
  • Bàng-uâ-cê: māng / mēng / mē̤ng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ³³/, /mɛiŋ³³/, /møyŋ³³/

Note:

• māng - fierce (of fires), quick/speedy;
• mēng - fierce (general), surname;
• mē̤ng - powerful, suddenly.

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: béng
  • Tâi-lô: bíng
  • Phofsit Daibuun: beang
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /biɪŋ⁵³/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ⁴¹/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mí
  • Tâi-lô: mí
  • Phofsit Daibuun: mie
  • IPA (Xiamen): /mĩ⁵³/
• (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mée
  • Tâi-lô: mée
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɛ̃⁵³/
  • IPA (Penang): /mɛ⁴⁴⁵/
• (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mé
  • Tâi-lô: mé
  • Phofsit Daibuun: mea
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ⁴¹/
  • IPA (Taipei): /mẽ⁵³/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mih
  • Tâi-lô: mih
  • Phofsit Daibuun: miq
  • IPA (Xiamen): /mĩʔ³²/
• (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: meeh
  • Tâi-lô: meeh
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɛ̃ʔ³²/

Note:

• Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwan:
  • béng - literary;
  • mí/mée/mé/mih/meeh - vernacular.

(Teochew)

• Peng'im: mên² / mêng²
• Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: méⁿ / méng
• Sinological IPA ^(key): /mẽ⁵²/, /meŋ⁵²/

Note:

• mên2 - vernacular ("fast");
• mêng2 - literary.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: man (T3); 'men (T2)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mã²³/, /ʔməɲ³⁴/

Note:

• 3man - vernacular;
• 2'men - literary.

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: mong³
  • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /mʊŋ⁴¹/
  • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /mən⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /mˠæŋ^X/

Rime
Character	猛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫幸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/maŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨjŋX/
Li Rong	/mɐŋX/
Wang Li	/mɐŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	měng

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mraːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	猛
Reading #	1/1
No.	9148
Phonetic component	皿
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*mraːŋʔ/
Notes	原作莫幸切（幸在耿韻），依切三全王改

Definitions

猛

1. ferocious; fierce; violent

   猛獸 / 猛兽  ―  měngshòu  ―  ferocious beast

2. bold; brave; courageous

   勇猛  ―  yǒngměng  ―  bold

3. powerful; vigorous; intense

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

4. (slang) awesome
5. (Cantonese) haunted; spooky
6. (Min Dong, Teochew, Hainanese, Zhangzhou and Penang Hokkien) fast; quick
7. suddenly; abruptly; quickly
8. (colloquial) to one's heart's content
9. (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: Samuel 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.

10. A surname​.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 快 (“fast; quick; speedy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		快, 快速, 迅速
Mandarin	Beijing	快
	Taiwan	快
	Harbin	快騰
	Jinan	快
	Wanrong	快
	Xi'an	快
	Wuhan	快
	Chengdu	快, 快當, 快性
	Guiyang	快, 快當
	Yangzhou	快, 𢜶
	Nanjing	快, 𢜶
	Hefei	快, 𢜶
	Malaysia	快
	Singapore	快
Cantonese	Guangzhou	快, 快脆
	Hong Kong	快, 快脆
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	快
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	快
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	快
	Taishan	快, 快脆
	Dongguan	快脆
	Qingyuan	快
	Yangjiang	快
	Kuala Lumpur	快
	Singapore	快
Gan	Nanchang	快
	Lichuan	快
	Pingxiang	快
Hakka	Meixian	遽, 快
	Xingning	遽
	Huidong (Daling)	遽, 快
	Qujiang	䟐
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	急
	Changting	䟐
	Pingyu	遽, 䟐
	Wuping	䟐
	Ninghua	䟐
	Yudu	快
	Ruijin	遽
	Shicheng	快, 䟐
	Shangyou	快
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	遽
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	遽
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	遽
	Dongshi (Dabu)	遽, 拚
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	遽
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	緊
	Hong Kong	快
	Senai	遽
Huizhou	Jixi	快
Jin	Taiyuan	快
Min Bei	Jian'ou	快
	Songxi	快
	Jianyang	快
Min Dong	Fuzhou	快, 猛
	Gutian	快
	Ningde	快
	Zhouning	快
	Fuding	快
Min Nan	Xiamen	緊
	Quanzhou	緊
	Jinjiang	緊
	Yongchun	緊
	Zhangzhou	猛, 緊
	Taipei	緊
	Kaohsiung	緊
	Tainan	緊
	Penang (Hokkien)	緊, 猛, 快
	Singapore (Hokkien)	緊
	Philippines (Manila Hokkien)	緊
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	快
	Datian	緊
	Chaozhou	猛
	Shantou	猛
	Jieyang	猛
	Haifeng	猛
	Thailand (Bangkok Teochew)	猛
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	猛
	Singapore (Teochew)	猛
	Wenchang	猛
	Haikou	猛
	Leizhou	猛
Puxian Min	Putian	緊
Min Zhong	Yong'an	烈
	Shaxian	烈
Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	快, 快當
Wu	Shanghai	快, 𢜶
	Suzhou	快, 𢜶
	Hangzhou	快
	Wenzhou	快, 緊
	Chongming	快
	Danyang	快, 𢜶
	Jinhua	快
	Ningbo	快
Xiang	Changsha	快, 快迅
	Shuangfeng	快, 快迅

Compounds

Derived terms from 猛

• 三猛
• 乍猛的
• 伏猛
• 兇猛／凶猛 (xiōngměng)
• 凶猛
• 剛猛／刚猛
• 劉猛將軍／刘猛将军
• 勁猛／劲猛
• 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
• 嚴猛／严猛
• 壯猛／壮猛
• 太猛
• 威猛
• 威而不猛
• 寬猛／宽猛
• 寬猛並濟／宽猛并济
• 寬猛相濟／宽猛相济
• 張猛龍碑／张猛龙碑
• 徽猛
• 扎猛子 (zhāměngzi)
• 打猛子 (dǎměngzi)
• 拳猛
• 攫戾執猛／攫戾执猛
• 新出猛兒／新出猛儿
• 暴猛
• 服猛
• 梟猛／枭猛
• 武猛
• 殘猛／残猛
• 毅猛
• 毒蛇猛獸／毒蛇猛兽
• 洪水猛獸／洪水猛兽 (hóngshuǐměngshòu)
• 洶猛／汹猛
• 熾猛／炽猛
• 狼猛蜂毒
• 猙猛／狰猛
• 猛丁
• 猛不乍
• 猛不防
• 猛乍
• 猛人
• 猛個勁／猛个劲
• 猛健
• 猛利
• 猛割丁
• 猛劑／猛剂
• 猛力
• 猛勁／猛劲
• 猛勇
• 猛厲／猛厉
• 猛古丁
• 猛可

• 猛可裏／猛可里
• 猛可裡／猛可里
• 猛哥丁
• 猛回頭／猛回头
• 猛地
• 猛地裏／猛地里
• 猛地裡／猛地里
• 猛士 (měngshì)
• 猛壯／猛壮
• 猛奮／猛奋
• 猛子 (měngzi)
• 猛孤丁地
• 猛孤仃的
• 猛孤停的
• 猛安
• 猛寒
• 猛將／猛将 (měngjiàng)
• 猛峻
• 猛志
• 猛忽
• 猛怒
• 猛急
• 猛悍
• 猛惡／猛恶
• 猛憨
• 猛戾
• 猛捷
• 猛攻 (měnggōng)
• 猛政
• 猛暴
• 猛概
• 猛樹／猛树
• 猛武
• 猛殺／猛杀
• 猛毅
• 猛氏
• 猛氣／猛气
• 猛決／猛决
• 猛法
• 猛浪
• 猛火 (měnghuǒ)
• 猛火油
• 猛炬
• 猛烈 (měngliè)
• 猛然 (měngrán)
• 猛然大悟
• 猛然間／猛然间
• 猛燭／猛烛
• 猛獁／猛犸 (měngmǎ)
• 猛獸／猛兽 (měngshòu)
• 猛生
• 猛的
• 猛盛
• 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)
• 猛虎插翅
• 猛虎步
• 猛虎深山
• 猛虎添翼
• 猛虎行
• 猛虡
• 猛衝／猛冲
• 猛起
• 猛趫趫
• 猛趷丁
• 猛跌
• 猛迅
• 猛進／猛进
• 猛醒
• 猛銳／猛锐
• 猛飲／猛饮
• 猛鳥／猛鸟
• 猛鷙／猛鸷 (měngzhì)
• 獰猛／狞猛 (níngměng)
• 生猛 (shēngměng)
• 生猛海鮮／生猛海鲜 (shēngměng hǎixiān)
• 疏猛
• 發猛／发猛
• 矯猛／矫猛
• 突飛猛進／突飞猛进 (tūfēiměngjìn)
• 粗猛
• 精兵猛將／精兵猛将
• 精猛
• 聲雄力猛／声雄力猛
• 謀臣猛將／谋臣猛将
• 豪猛
• 趫猛
• 踏猛子
• 躁猛
• 輕猛／轻猛
• 迅猛 (xùnměng)
• 進猛／进猛
• 邁步猛進／迈步猛进
• 雄猛
• 餘猛／余猛
• 駿猛／骏猛
• 驍猛／骁猛
• 驕猛／骄猛
• 高歌猛進／高歌猛进 (gāogēměngjìn)
• 鬧猛／闹猛
• 鷙猛／鸷猛 (zhìměng)
• 麤猛
• 龍猛筆／龙猛笔
• 龍猛軍／龙猛军
• 龍精虎猛／龙精虎猛 (lóngjīnghǔměng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (猛):

• → Japanese: 猛(もう) (mō)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: mạnh (猛, “powerful”)

References

• “猛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

猛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: もう (mō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: たけし (takeshi, 猛し)

Compounds

Compounds

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

猛(もう) • (mō)  (historical kana まう)

1. ferociousness

Prefix

猛(もう) • (mō-)  (historical kana まう)

1. wild, ferocious, frenzied

   猛(もう)ダッシュ

   mō-dasshu

   wild dash

   猛(もう)アタック

   mō-atakku

   frenzied attack

   猛(もう)勉強(べんきょう)

   mō-benkyō

   intense studying

Proper noun

猛(たけし) • (Takeshi) 

1. A male given name

猛(たける) • (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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