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尨

尨

See also: 龍

Translingual

Han character

尨 (radical 43 尢+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈大山竹 (IKUH) or 戈山竹竹竹 (IUHHH), four-corner 4201₂, composition ⿺尤彡)

References

KangXi: page 298, character 9

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7554

Dae Jaweon: page 593, character 12

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 553, character 9

Unihan data for U+5C28

Chinese

simp. and trad.		尨

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): máng (mang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴, mung⁴, pong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: máng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ
  - Wade-Giles: mang²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mang
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁴, mung⁴, pong⁴
  - Yale: mòhng, mùhng, pòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴, mung⁴, pong⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹/, /mʊŋ²¹/, /pʰɔːŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: /mˠʌŋ/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/mɔŋ/
Wang Li	/mɔŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	máng

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	/*mˤroŋ/
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

Japanese

Kanji

尨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

On: ぼう (bō)

Kun: むくいぬ (mukuinu)

Noun

尨 ‎(hiragana むく, romaji muku)

shaggy hair

Korean

Hanja

尨 • ‎(bang, bong)
Eumhun:

Sound (hangeul): 방, 봉 (revised: bang, bong, McCune-Reischauer: pang, pong)

Name (hangeul): 삽살개, 얼룩얼룩하다()

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