尨

See also: 龍, 龙, and 𡯎

尨 U+5C28, 尨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C28 ← 尧 [U+5C27] CJK Unified Ideographs 尩 → [U+5C29]

Translingual

Traditional	尨
Simplified	尨
Japanese	尨
Korean	尨

Alternative forms

• In traditional Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau) and Japanese kanji, the 乚 stroke in 尤 is further extended to the right to contain 彡 in the top right corner.
• In Korean hanja, the component 彡 is encased between the 一 stroke and 乚 stroke of 尤, which is also the historical form found in the Kangxi Dictionary.
• In simplified Chinese, the component 彡 is mostly encased within the 一 stroke and 乚 stroke of 尤, except that the last stroke of 彡 intersects through the 乚. Visually, this form is similar to 龙 with two additional 丿 strokes.

Han character

尨 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈山竹竹竹 (IUHHH) or 戈大山竹 (IKUH), four-corner 4201₂(HT) or 4301₄(G), composition ⿺尤彡(HTJ) or ⿷尤彡(K) or ⿷龙𰀪(G))

Derived characters

• 𠈵, 𰃐, 哤, 娏, 㟌, 𢅛, 㤶, 浝, 㴳, 牻, 狵, 𤯉, 𥆙, 硥, 䏵, 蛖, 𧱓, 𧱦, 𧳑, 駹, 𮪡, 𩧑, 𩷙, 𪁒, 䵨, 𨿙, 𩒿, 𪁪
• 𩃄, 𩭒, 厖, 𡩽, 庬, 𢣝, 痝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 298, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7554
• Dae Jaweon: page 593, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 553, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5C28

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 尨
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (尨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
厖	*mroːŋ
駹	*mroːŋ
狵	*mroːŋ
尨	*mroːŋ
浝	*mroːŋ
哤	*mroːŋ
牻	*mroːŋ
娏	*mroːŋ
蛖	*mroːŋ
𥆙	*mroːŋ
痝	*mroːŋ
𪁪	*muːŋʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 犬 (“dog”) + 彡 (“hair”).

Etymology 1

trad.		尨
simp. #		尨
alternative forms		厖 狵 𭸔 𡯎

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máng (mang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): morng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máng
    • Wade–Giles: mang²
    • Yale: máng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mang
    • Palladius: ман (man)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mong⁴
    • Yale: mòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: morng²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: mó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: morng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâng
    • Tâi-lô: bâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /baŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: maewng

Rime
Character	尨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫江切
Baxter	maewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/mɔŋ/
Wang Li	/mɔŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	máng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤroŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mroːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	尨
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	máng
Middle Chinese	‹ mæwng ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁroŋ/
English	variegated
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尨
Reading #	1/1
No.	8763
Phonetic component	尨
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	厖
Old Chinese	/*mroːŋ/
Notes	同狵

Definitions

尨 (Classical)

1. shaggy-haired dog

   • 舒而脫脫兮，無感我帨兮，無使尨也吠。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     舒而脱脱兮，无感我帨兮，无使尨也吠。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shū ér tuìtuì xī, wú hàn wǒ shuì xī, wú shǐ máng yě fèi. [Pinyin]

     Slowly; gently, gently;
     Do not move my handkerchief;
     Do not make my dog bark.

2. mixed-colored, mottled

   • 衣之尨服，遠其躬也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     衣之尨服，远其躬也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yì zhī máng fú, yuàn qí gōng yě. [Pinyin]

     Wearing motley garments distances oneself (from proper conduct).

3. messy, disordered

Compounds

• 亂尨 / 乱尨
• 吠尨
• 尨亂 / 尨乱
• 尨奇
• 尨民
• 尨眉
• 尨眉皓髮 / 尨眉皓发
• 尨詭 / 尨诡
• 尨降
• 尨雜 / 尨杂

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²
    • Yale: méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mung⁴
    • Yale: mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹/

Definitions

尨

1. only used in 尨茸 and 蒙尨

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 尨 – see 龐 (“huge; big; disorderly; messy; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 龐).

Compounds

• 尨然

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “尨”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 151.
• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “尨”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00763

Japanese

Kanji

尨

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: もう (mō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
• Kun: むく (muku, 尨)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
尨
むく Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟kɯ̟]

Noun

尨(むく) • (muku) 

1. clipping of 尨毛 (mukuge, “shaggy hair”)
2. clipping of 尨犬 (mukuinu, “shaggy-haired dog”)

Korean

Hanja 1

尨 (eumhun 삽살개 방 (sapsalgae bang))

1. Sapsal dog
2. mixed colors
3. (of colors) to be mixed
4. big and tall
5. mottled; variegated

Hanja 2

尨 (eumhun 어지러울 봉 (eojireoul bong))

1. confused, dizzy
2. improper; morally loose
3. to disperse, scatter