Translingual

Han character

猛 (radical 94 犬+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹弓木廿 (KHNDT), four-corner 4721₇, composition ⿰犭孟)

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

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

Adverb

猛

1. suddenly; quickly
2. (Cantonese) continuously, vigourously, 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.]

   Keoi⁵maang⁵ 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: Samuei 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.

References

• yedict.com (叶典)

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: もう (mō)
• Kan’on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: たけし (takeshi)

Compounds

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) も​う [móꜜò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ː]

Noun

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

1. ferociousness

Proper noun

猛 ‎(hiragana たけし, romaji Takeshi)

1. A male given name

猛 ‎(hiragana たける, romaji 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 978-4-14-011112-3

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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