勐

See also: 猛

勐 U+52D0, 勐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52D0 ← 勏 [U+52CF] CJK Unified Ideographs 勑 → [U+52D1]

Translingual

Han character

勐 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓廿大尸 (NTKS), composition ⿰孟力)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 148, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2379
• Dae Jaweon: page 333, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 373, character 15
• Unihan data for U+52D0

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 勐 – see 猛 (“ferocious; fierce; violent; bold; brave; courageous; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 猛).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		勐

From Proto-Tai *mɯəŋᴬ (“township”). Cognate with Thai เมือง (mʉʉang), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang), Lü ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ, Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng), Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (müṅ), etc.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měng (meng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁵
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): meng³

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maang⁵
    • Yale: máahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: meng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: mêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: meng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛŋ³³²/

Definitions

勐

1. (only used in Tai placenames) region; locality; city; town

Compounds

• 勐先
• 勐勐
• 勐卯 (Měngmǎo)
• 勐拉 (Měnglā)
• 勐海 (Měnghǎi)
• 勐罕
• 勐臘 / 勐腊 (Měnglà)
• 勐董
• 勐賽 / 勐赛 (Měngsài)
• 勐遮
• 勐馬 / 勐马

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “勐”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 155.

Japanese

Kanji

勐

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}