猛

Information about character(s)

Radical: 犬
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: měng
Cantonese: maang5
JapaneseKun: TAKESHI
JapaneseOn: MOU BOU
Korean: MAYNG
Vietnamese: mãnh

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: violent, savage, cruel; bold

CE-Dict: ferocious/suddenly/fierce/violent/abrupt

Soothill: Fierce, violent; determined; sudden.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.fierce
2.headlong
3.vigorous
4.abruptly

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: suddenly; with a rush

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: suddenly; with a rush

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《犬部》猛健犬也。从犬孟聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集下】【犬字部】猛
〔古文〕𠩜【唐韻】莫杏切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】母梗切，𠀤音蜢。【說文】健犬也。　又𡝹氏，獸名。【司馬相如·上林賦】鋋猛氏。【註】郭璞曰：今蜀中有獸，狀如熊而毛淺，有光澤，名猛氏。　又【玉篇】健也。【廣韻】勇猛。【禮·郊特牲】虎豹之皮，示服猛也。　又【玉篇】嚴也。【左傳·昭二十年】惟有德者能以寬服民，其次莫如猛。　又【玉篇】惡也，害也。【禮·檀弓】苛政猛于虎。　又虎猛縣，屬西河郡。猛陵縣，屬蒼梧郡。皆見【前漢·地理志】。　又山名。【淮南子·地形訓】汝出猛山。　又姓。【廣韻】左傳晉大夫猛獲之後。

CF-Dict: soudain/brusquement/violent/féroce

Han-De-Dict: plötzlich, unerwartet, schlagartig, jäh, abrupt (u.E.) (Adj)/wild, heftig, kräftig,wuchtig, ungestüm (u.E.) (Adj)/Meng (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)