猛
猛 — maeng
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 사나울 맹
- Romanization
- maeng
- English
- violent, savage, cruel; bold
- Mandarin
- měng
- Japanese on'yomi
- モウ, ミョウ, ボウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- たけし
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,301 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 犬 (94, 8 residual)
- Unicode
- U+731B
Parts that make up 猛
How 猛 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 猛 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 犬, 孟.
Korean example words with 猛
- 맹독猛毒 Korean gloss: 심한 독기
- 맹호猛虎 Korean gloss: 사나운 범
- 맹장猛將 Korean gloss: 용맹한 장수
- 맹견猛犬 Korean gloss: 몹시 사나운 개
- 맹공猛攻 Korean gloss: 맹렬히 나아가 적을 침
- 맹위猛威 Korean gloss: 사나워 사람을 두렵게 하는 기세
- 맹수猛獸 Korean gloss: 주로 육식을 하는 사나운 짐승. 사자나 범 따위를 이른다
- 용맹하다勇猛 Korean gloss: 용감하고 사납다
- 맹습하다猛襲 Korean gloss: 맹렬하게 습격하다
- 맹포하다猛暴 Korean gloss: 매우 억세고 사납다
- 맹타하다猛打 Korean gloss: 몹시 세차게 때리거나 공격하다
- 영맹스럽다英猛 Korean gloss: 보기에 빼어나게 용맹한 데가 있다
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 猛
- 猛暑もうしょ heat wave; fierce heat
- 猛烈もうれつ fierce; intense; severe
- 猛攻もうこう fierce attack
- 猛威もうい fury; power; menace
- 猛打もうだ heavy blow; heavy hit
- 猛毒もうどく deadly poison
- 猛追もうつい hot pursuit; hot chase
- 猛爆もうばく heavy bombing; intensive bombing
- 猛獣もうじゅう fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
- 猛省もうせい serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence
- 勇猛ゆうもう daring; brave; bold
- 猛もう greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme
Other hanja read “맹”
Other hanja with radical 犬
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