莽

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See also: 茻
莽 U+83BD, 莽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83BD
← 莼
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 莾 →
莽 U+2F99D, 莽
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F99D
← 茣
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 菧 →

Translingual

Han character

莽 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈大廿 (TIKT), four-corner 44443, composition ⿳艹犬廾)

  1. thicket, underbrush
  2. poisonous

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1036, character 41
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31132
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1495, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3216, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+83BD

Chinese

trad. 莽
simp. # 莽
alternative forms 莾
𦷶
𢳠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (茻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
莽 *maːŋʔ, *moːʔ, *maːʔ
茻 *maːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *maːŋʔ, *moːʔ, *maːʔ) : phonetic 茻 (OC *maːŋʔ) + semantic 犬, and also ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : semantic 茻 + semantic 犬 (Li Xueqin, 2012).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ljak ~ mrak ~ mruk.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • mung3/mng3 - vernacular;
  • morng3 - literary.
Rime
Character 莽 莽 莽
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 唐 (101) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) I I I
Fanqie 莫補切 模朗切 莫厚切
Baxter muX mangX muwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/muoX/ /mɑŋX/ /məuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/muoX/ /mɑŋX/ /məuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/moX/ /mɑŋX/ /məuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mɔX/ /maŋX/ /məwX/
Li
Rong 		/moX/ /mɑŋX/ /muX/
Wang
Li 		/muX/ /mɑŋX/ /məuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/muoX/ /mɑŋX/ /mə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mǔ mǎng mǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mou5 mong5 mau5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 莽 莽 莽
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 8772 8773 8775
Phonetic
component 		茻 茻 茻
Rime
group 		陽 侯 魚
Rime
subdivision 		0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		莽 母 姥
Old
Chinese 		/*maːŋʔ/ /*moːʔ/ /*maːʔ/

Definitions

莽

  1. thick weeds, luxuriant growth
  2. Illicium henryi and Illicium lanceolatum, whose fruits resemble star anise but are highly toxic
  3. rude, impertinent
  4. (Sichuanese) silly, foolish

Compounds

References

  • “莽”, 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–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “莽”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 152.

Japanese

Kanji

莽

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: も (mo)、もう (mō)
  • Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
  • Kun: くさ (kusa, 莽)

Korean

Hanja

莽 (eum 망 (mang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

莽: Hán Nôm readings: mảng, mãng

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