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

Han character

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

Derived characters

㟿漭㬒蟒䥈䒎

References

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

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

Glyph origin

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

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

Pronunciation

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

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

References

“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

Kanji

莽

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

莽 (eum 망 (mang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

莽: Hán Nôm readings: mảng, mãng

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References

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