蟒

See also: 蠎

Translingual

Han character

蟒 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿戈廿 (LITIT), four-corner 5414₃, composition ⿰虫莽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1096, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33572
• Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2876, character 13
• Unihan data for U+87D2

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (莽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蟒	*maːŋʔ
漭	*maːŋʔ, *maːŋs

Etymology 1

trad.		蟒
simp. #		蟒

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-lja(ŋ/k) (“python”), whence Proto-Loloish *laŋ¹ (“snake”), Proto-Karen *g-laŋ (“python”) (Handel, 1997; STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎng (mang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎng
    • Wade–Giles: mang³
    • Yale: mǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maang
    • Palladius: ман (man)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mong⁵
    • Yale: móhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟒
Reading #	1/1
No.	8776
Phonetic component	莽
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	莽
Old Chinese	/*maːŋʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蟒

1. python

Etymology 2

trad.		蟒
simp. #		蟒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měng (meng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng³
    • Yale: měng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeng
    • Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蟒

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Japanese

Kanji

蟒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: もう (mō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: うわばみ (uwabami), おろち (orochi)

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Korean

Hanja

蟒 • (mang) (hangeul 망, revised mang, McCune–Reischauer mang, Yale mang)

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