猛

Translingual

Han character

猛 (Kangxi 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 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

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mraːŋʔ) : semantic 犬 + phonetic 孟 (OC *mraːŋs).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Definitions

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.

   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

     Out of ten girls, nine said no. obviously willing, kept saying no.

10. a surname

Synonyms

• (fast):

• (suddenly):

Compounds

Descendants

Others:

• → Vietnamese: mạnh (猛, “powerful”)

References

• “猛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. fierce, ferocious

Readings

• Go-on: もう (mō, Jōyō)^{←まう (mau, historical)}; みょう (myō)^{←みやう (myau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
• Kun: たけし (takeshi, 猛し); たける (takeru, 猛る); たけぶ (takebu, 猛ぶ)
• Nanori: たけし (takeshi); たける (takeru)

Compounds

Etymology

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) も​ー (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

猛(もう) • (mō) ^{←まう (mau)?}

1. ferociousness

Prefix

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

猛(たけし) • (Takeshi) 

1. a male given name

猛(たける) • (Takeru) 

1. a male given name

References

Korean

Hanja

猛 (eumhun 사나울 맹 (sanaul maeng))

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

Vietnamese

Han character

猛: Hán Nôm readings: mãnh, mạnh

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