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 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: 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／形声, 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.
Note:
  • Sixian:
    • mâng - verncular;
    • mên - literary.
Note:
  • māng - fierce (of fires), quick/speedy;
  • mēng - fierce (general), surname;
  • mē̤ng - powerful, suddenly.
Note:
  • Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwan:
    • béng - literary;
    • mí/mée/mé/mih/meeh - vernacular.
Note:
  • mên2 - vernacular ("fast");
  • mêng2 - literary.
Note:
  • 3man - vernacular;
  • 2'men - literary.
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
Baxter maengX
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. (Eastern Min, Teochew, Hainanese, Zhangzhou and Penang Hokkien, dialectal Hakka) 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]

  • (fast):
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
Shaoguan (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 (Shexi) 快
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 遽
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 遽
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 遽
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 遽, 拚
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 遽
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 緊
Hong Kong 快
Senai (Huiyang) 遽
Kuching (Hepo) 猛
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 猛
Singkawang 猛
Huizhou Jixi 快
Jin Taiyuan 快
Northern Min Jian'ou 快
Songxi 快
Jianyang 快
Eastern Min Fuzhou 快, 猛
Gutian 快
Ningde 快
Zhouning 快
Fuding 快
Southern Min 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
Shantou (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
Central Min 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
Shanghai (Chongming) 快
Suzhou 快, 𢜶
Danyang 快, 𢜶
Hangzhou 快
Ningbo 快
Wenzhou 快, 緊
Jinhua 快
Xiang Changsha 快, 快迅
Shuangfeng 快, 快迅
  • (suddenly):

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

Others:

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

猛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. fierce, ferocious

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. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

猛 (eumhun 사나울 맹 (sanaul maeng))

  1. Hanja form? of 맹 (“violent, savage, cruel”).
  2. Hanja form? of 맹 (“bold”).

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

猛: Hán Nôm readings: mãnh, mạnh

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