莽

See also: 茻

莽	U+83BD, 莽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83BD

← 莼
[U+83BC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

莾 →
[U+83BE]

莽	U+2F99D, 莽 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F99D

← 茣
[U+2F99C]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

菧 →
[U+2F99E]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

㟿漭㬒蟒䥈䒎

References edit

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

Unihan data for U+2F99D

Chinese edit

trad.		莽
simp. ^#		莽
alternative forms		莾𦷶𢳠

Glyph origin edit

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 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mǎng (mang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): man¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵, mong⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bóng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎng
  - Wade–Giles: mang³
  - Yale: mǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maang
  - Palladius: ман (man)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: man¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: man
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /man⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁵, mong⁶
  - Yale: móhng, mohng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵, mong⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵, mong⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³/, /mɔːŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóng
  - Tâi-lô: bóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: borng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: muX, mangX, muwX

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	/muo^X/	/mɑŋ^X/	/məu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/muo^X/	/mɑŋ^X/	/məu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mo^X/	/mɑŋ^X/	/məu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɔ^X/	/maŋ^X/	/məw^X/
Li Rong	/mo^X/	/mɑŋ^X/	/mu^X/
Wang Li	/mu^X/	/mɑŋ^X/	/məu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/muo^X/	/mɑŋ^X/	/mə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǔ	mǎng	mǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁵	mong⁵	mau⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*maːŋʔ/, /*moːʔ/, /*maːʔ/

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 edit

莽

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

Compounds edit

References edit

“莽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

莽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

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

Korean edit

Hanja edit

莽 (eum 망 (mang))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

莽: Hán Nôm readings: mảng, mãng

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References edit

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