獰猛

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Chinese

fierce-looking
ferocious; suddenly; fierce
ferocious; suddenly; fierce; violent; abrupt
 
trad. (獰猛)
simp. (狞猛)

Pronunciation


Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 獰猛

  1. (literary) ferocious; fierce

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
どう
Hyōgai
もう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Middle Chinese 獰猛

Pronunciation

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Adjective

(どう)(もう) (dōmōだうまう (daumau)?-na (adnominal (どう)(もう) (dōmō na), adverbial (どう)(もう) (dōmō ni))

  1. fierce, ferocious
Inflection

Noun

(どう)(もう) (dōmōだうまう (daumau)?

  1. fierceness, ferocity

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ねい
Hyōgai
もう
Grade: S
irregular

Misreading.[1][2] An example of 百姓読み (hyakushōyomi, misreading a kanji by reading it by its phonetic component).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

(ねい)(もう) (neimōねいまう (neimau)?-na (adnominal (ねい)(もう) (neimō na), adverbial (ねい)(もう) (neimō ni))

  1. (nonstandard) fierce, ferocious
Inflection

Noun

(ねい)(もう) (neimōねいまう (neimau)?

  1. (nonstandard) fierceness, ferocity

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN