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 (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: 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

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 犬 + phonetic 孟 (OC *mraːŋs).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): měng (meng³)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ
(Chengdu, SP): mong³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): maang⁵
(Taishan, Wiktionary): mang⁴, mang¹
Gan (Wiktionary): men³ / mang³ / mung³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mâng / mên
(Meixian, Guangdong): mang¹
Jin (Wiktionary): meng²
Min Bei (KCR): ma̿ing
Min Dong (BUC): māng / mēng / mē̤ng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): béng / mí / mée / mé / mih / meeh
(Teochew, Peng'im): mên² / mêng²
Wu (Wiktionary): man (T3); 'men (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): mong³

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/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mong³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /moŋ⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maang⁵
  - Yale: máahng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mang⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: mang⁴, mang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbaŋ²¹/, /ᵐbaŋ³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: men³ / mang³ / mung³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛn²¹³/, /maŋ²¹³/, /muŋ²¹³/

Note:

men3 - vernacular;
mang3 - vernacular (used in 猛子);
mung3 - literary.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâng / mên
  - Hakka Romanization System: mang´ / men´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mang¹ / men¹
  - Sinological IPA: /maŋ²⁴/, /men²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /maŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

Sixian:
- mâng - verncular;
- mên - literary.

Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: meng²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /mə̃ŋ⁵³/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ma̿ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maiŋ³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: māng / mēng / mē̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ³³/, /mɛiŋ³³/, /møyŋ³³/

Note:

māng - fierce (of fires), quick/speedy;
mēng - fierce (general), surname;
mē̤ng - powerful, suddenly.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: béng
  - Tâi-lô: bíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beang
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /biɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /beŋ⁴²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /biɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mí
  - Tâi-lô: mí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mĩ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mée
  - Tâi-lô: mée
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɛ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Penang): /mɛ⁴⁴⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mé
  - Tâi-lô: mé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mẽ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mih
  - Tâi-lô: mih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: miq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mĩʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: meeh
  - Tâi-lô: meeh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɛ̃ʔ³²/

Note:

Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwan:
- béng - literary;
- mí/mée/mé/mih/meeh - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mên² / mêng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: méⁿ / méng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mẽ⁵²/, /meŋ⁵²/

Note:

mên2 - vernacular ("fast");
mêng2 - literary.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: man (T3); 'men (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mã²³/, /ʔməɲ³⁴/

Note:

3man - vernacular;
2'men - literary.

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: mong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /mʊŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /mən⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: /mˠæŋ^X/

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	/mˠæŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚaŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/maŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/mɐŋ^X/
Wang Li	/mɐŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɐŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	měng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mang⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mraːŋʔ/

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

ferocious; fierce; violent
猛獸／猛兽 ― měngshòu ― ferocious beast
bold; brave; courageous
勇猛 ― yǒngměng ― bold
powerful; vigorous; intense
風吹得很猛。／风吹得很猛。 ― Fēng chuī de hěn měng. ― The wind is blowing very hard.
(slang) awesome
(Cantonese) haunted; spooky
(Min Dong, Teochew, Hainanese, Zhangzhou and Penang Hokkien, dialectal Hakka) fast; quick
suddenly; abruptly; quickly
(colloquial) to one's heart's content
(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.
a surname

Synonyms

(fast):

Dialectal synonyms of 快 (“fast; quick; speedy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Min Bei	Jian'ou	快
	Songxi	快
	Jianyang	快
Min Dong	Fuzhou	快, 猛
	Gutian	快
	Ningde	快
	Zhouning	快
	Fuding	快
Min Nan	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
Puxian Min	Xianyou	緊
Min Zhong	Yong'an	烈
Min Zhong	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
Xiang	Shuangfeng	快, 快迅

(suddenly):

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Synonyms of 猛

一下 (yīxià)
一下子 (yīxiàzi)
乍然 (zhàrán) (literary)
倏忽 (shūhū) (literary)
忽地 (hūdì)
忽然 (hūrán)
猛然 (měngrán)
猝然 (cùrán)

突然 (tūrán)
豁然 (huòrán) (literary)
遽然 (jùrán) (literary)
陡 (dǒu) (literary, or in compounds)
陡然 (dǒurán)
霍然 (huòrán)
一舉／一举 (yījǔ)
一頭／一头 (yītóu)

突然間／突然间 (tūránjiān)
頓／顿 (dùn) (literary)
頓然／顿然 (dùnrán)
驀地／蓦地 (mòdì)
驀然／蓦然 (mòrán) (formal)
驟然／骤然 (zhòurán) (literary)
𢫦𢫦風／𢫦𢫦风 (Hakka)

Compounds

Derived terms from 猛

三猛
乍猛的
伏猛
勇猛 (yǒngměng)
勇猛果敢
勇猛直前
太猛
威猛
威而不猛
徽猛
打猛子 (dǎměngzi)
拳猛
暴猛
服猛
武猛
毅猛
狼猛蜂毒
猛丁
猛不乍
猛不防
猛乍
猛人
猛健
猛利
猛割丁
猛力
猛勇
猛古丁
猛可
猛哥丁
猛地
猛士 (měngshì)
猛子 (měngzi)
猛孤丁地
猛孤仃的
猛孤停的
猛安
猛寒
猛峻
猛志
猛忽
猛怒
猛急
猛悍
猛憨
猛戾
猛捷
猛攻 (měnggōng)
猛政
猛暴
猛概
猛武
猛毅
猛氏
猛法
猛浪

猛火 (měnghuǒ)
猛火油
猛炬
猛烈 (měngliè)
猛然 (měngrán)
猛然大悟
猛生
猛的
猛盛
猛省 (měngxǐng)
猛禽 (měngqín)
猛著先鞭
猛著祖鞭
猛虎 (měnghǔ)
猛虎插翅
猛虎步
猛虎深山
猛虎添翼
猛虎行
猛虡
猛起
猛趷丁
猛跌
猛迅
猛醒
生猛 (shēngměng)
疏猛
粗猛
精猛
豪猛
踏猛子
躁猛
迅猛 (xùnměng)
雄猛
凶猛
扎猛子 (zhāměngzi)
兇猛／凶猛 (xiōngměng)
剛猛／刚猛
劉猛將軍／刘猛将军
勁猛／劲猛
勇猛求進／勇猛求进
勇猛精進／勇猛精进
嚴猛／严猛
壯猛／壮猛
寬猛／宽猛
寬猛並濟／宽猛并济
寬猛相濟／宽猛相济
張猛龍碑／张猛龙碑
攫戾執猛／攫戾执猛
新出猛兒／新出猛儿
梟猛／枭猛
殘猛／残猛
毒蛇猛獸／毒蛇猛兽
洪水猛獸／洪水猛兽 (hóngshuǐměngshòu)
洶猛／汹猛

熾猛／炽猛
猙猛／狰猛
猛個勁／猛个劲
猛劑／猛剂
猛勁／猛劲
猛厲／猛厉
猛可裏／猛可里
猛可裡／猛可里
猛回頭／猛回头
猛地裏／猛地里
猛地裡／猛地里
猛壯／猛壮
猛奮／猛奋
猛將／猛将 (měngjiàng)
猛惡／猛恶
猛樹／猛树
猛殺／猛杀
猛氣／猛气
猛決／猛决
猛然間／猛然间
猛燭／猛烛
猛獁／猛犸 (měngmǎ)
猛獸／猛兽 (měngshòu)
猛糾／猛纠
猛藥／猛药
猛衝／猛冲
猛趫趫／猛𰷶𰷶
猛進／猛进
猛銳／猛锐
猛飲／猛饮
猛鳥／猛鸟
猛鷙／猛鸷 (měngzhì)
獰猛／狞猛 (níngměng)
生猛海鮮／生猛海鲜 (shēngměng hǎixiān)
發猛／发猛
矯猛／矫猛
突飛猛進／突飞猛进 (tūfēiměngjìn)
精兵猛將／精兵猛将
聲雄力猛／声雄力猛
謀臣猛將／谋臣猛将
趫猛／𰷶猛
輕猛／轻猛
進猛／进猛
邁步猛進／迈步猛进
餘猛／余猛
駿猛／骏猛
驍猛／骁猛
驕猛／骄猛
高歌猛進／高歌猛进 (gāogēměngjìn)
鬧猛／闹猛
鷙猛／鸷猛 (zhìměng)
麤猛／粗猛
龍猛筆／龙猛笔
龍猛軍／龙猛军
龍精虎猛／龙精虎猛 (lóngjīnghǔměng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (猛):

→ Japanese: 猛(もう) (mō)

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

猛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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)

Compounds

猛丸(たけまる) (Takemaru): A male given name
猛速(もうそく) (mōsoku): seriously fast speed

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon

(Tokyo) もー [móꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [mo̞ː]

Noun

猛(もう) • (mō) ^{←まう (mau)^?}

ferociousness

Prefix

猛(もう) • (mō-) ^{←まう (mau)^?}

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)

a male given name

猛(たける) • (Takeru)

a male given name

References

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 (eumhun 사나울 맹 (sanaul maeng))

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

Vietnamese

Han character

猛: Hán Nôm readings: mãnh, mạnh

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[NHK-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