猛

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

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 猛

Glyph origin[edit]

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[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • men3 - vernacular;
  • mang3 - vernacular (used in 猛子);
  • mung3 - literary.
  • Hakka
    • Note:
    • Sixian:
      • mâng - verncular;
      • mên - literary.
  • Jin
  • Min Bei
  • Min Dong
    • Note:
    • māng - fierce (of fires), quick/speedy;
    • mēng - fierce (general), surname;
    • mē̤ng - powerful, suddenly.
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwan:
      • béng - literary;
      • mí/mée/mé/mih/meeh - vernacular.
  • (Teochew)
    • Note:
    • mên2 - vernacular ("fast");
    • mêng2 - literary.
  • Wu
    • Note:
    • 3man - vernacular;
    • 2'men - literary.
  • Xiang
    • 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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		mang5
    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[edit]

    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.
    10. A surname.

    Synonyms[edit]

    Dialectal synonyms of 快 (“fast; quick; speedy”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 疾
    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
    Guilin 快
    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
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 快
    Taishan 快, 快脆
    Dongguan 快脆
    Qingyuan 快
    Yangjiang 快
    Danzhou 快
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 快
    Penang (Guangfu) 快
    Singapore (Guangfu) 快
    Gan Nanchang 快
    Lichuan 快
    Pingxiang 快
    Hakka Meixian 遽, 快
    Xingning 遽
    Huidong (Daling) 遽, 快
    Qujiang 䟐
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 急
    Pinghe (Jiufeng) 緊
    Changting 䟐
    Wuping 䟐
    Wuping (Pingyu) 遽, 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 (Huiyang) 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
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 緊
    Quanzhou 緊
    Jinjiang 緊
    Anxi 緊
    Yongchun 緊
    Zhangzhou 猛, 緊
    Zhao'an 猛, 兇
    Taipei 緊
    Kaohsiung 緊
    Tainan 緊
    Penang (Hokkien) 緊, 猛, 快
    Singapore (Hokkien) 緊
    Manila (Hokkien) 緊
    Longyan 快
    Datian 緊
    Chaozhou 猛
    Shantou 猛
    Chenghai 猛
    Jieyang 猛
    Haifeng 猛
    Bangkok (Teochew) 猛
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 猛
    Singapore (Teochew) 猛
    Leizhou 猛
    Wenchang 猛, 快
    Haikou 猛
    Qionghai 快
    Singapore (Hainanese) 猛
    Puxian Min Putian 緊
    Xianyou 緊
    Min Zhong Yong'an 烈
    Shaxian 烈
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 快, 快當
    Shehua Fu'an 快
    Fuding 快
    Luoyuan 快
    Shunchang 快
    Hua'an 快
    Guixi (Zhangping) 快
    Cangnan 快
    Jingning 快
    Lishui 快
    Longyou 快
    Wu Shanghai 快, 𢜶
    Chongming 快
    Suzhou 快, 𢜶
    Hangzhou 快
    Danyang 快, 𢜶
    Ningbo 快
    Wenzhou 快, 緊
    Jinhua 快
    Xiang Changsha 快, 快迅
    Shuangfeng 快, 快迅

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 猛

    Descendants[edit]

    Sino-Xenic (猛):
    • → Japanese: 猛(もう) (mō)

    Others:

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    猛

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

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    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Compounds

    Etymology[edit]

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

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    猛(もう) • (mō) ←まう (mau)?

    1. ferociousness

    Prefix[edit]

    猛(もう) • (mō-) ←まう (mau)?

    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[edit]

    猛(たけし) • (Takeshi) 

    1. A male given name

    猛(たける) • (Takeru) 

    1. A male given name

    References[edit]

    1. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

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

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    猛: Hán Nôm readings: mãnh, mạnh

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