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: volume 2, page 1354, character 22
  • Unihan data for U+731B

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 犭 + phonetic 孟 (OC *mraːŋs).

Pronunciation
Note:
  • māng - fierce (of fires), quick/speedy;
  • mēng - fierce (general), surname;
  • mē̤ng - powerful, suddenly.
Note:
  • béng - literary;
  • mih/meeh/mé - vernacular.
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
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; powerful; vigorous
    風吹得很猛。 / 风吹得很猛。  ―  Fēng chuī de hěn měng.  ―  The wind is blowing very hard.
    猛獸 / 猛兽  ―  měngshòu  ―  ferocious beast
  2. bold
    勇猛  ―  yǒngměng  ―  bold
  3. (slang) awesome
  4. suddenly; quickly
  5. (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.

Compounds
  • 乍猛的
  • 凶猛
  • 劉猛將軍／刘猛将军
  • 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
  • 太猛
  • 威猛
  • 威而不猛
  • 寬猛相濟／宽猛相济
  • 張猛龍碑／张猛龙碑
  • 扎猛子 (zhāměngzi)
  • 打猛子
  • 攫戾執猛／攫戾执猛
  • 毒蛇猛獸／毒蛇猛兽
  • 洪水猛獸／洪水猛兽
  • 狼猛蜂毒
  • 猛不防
  • 猛個勁／猛个劲
  • 猛力
  • 猛勁／猛劲
  • 猛可
  • 猛可裡／猛可里
  • 猛回頭／猛回头
  • 猛地裡／猛地里
  • 猛士 (měngshì)
  • 猛奮／猛奋
  • 猛子
  • 猛將／猛将 (měngjiàng)
  • 猛戾
  • 猛攻 (měnggōng)
  • 猛樹／猛树
  • 猛殺／猛杀
  • 猛火 (měnghuǒ)
  • 猛火油
  • 猛烈 (měngliè)
  • 猛然 (měngrán)
  • 猛然大悟
  • 猛然間／猛然间
  • 猛獸／猛兽 (měngshòu)
  • 猛的
  • 猛省 (měngxǐng)

Japanese

Kanji
猛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds
Compounds

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

Pronunciation

Noun

猛 (hiragana もう, rōmaji mō, historical hiragana まう)

  1. ferociousness

Suffix

猛 (hiragana もう, rōmaji -mō, historical hiragana 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 (べん)強 (きょう)
    mō-benkyō
    intense studying

Proper noun

猛 (hiragana たけし, rōmaji Takeshi)

  1. A male given name

猛 (hiragana たける, rōmaji Takeru)

  1. A male given name

References
  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

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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