尨

See also: 龍

Translingual

Han character

尨 (Kangxi 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)

1. shaggy haired dog
2. variegated

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

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Chinese

trad.		尨
simp. #		尨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máng (mang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴ / mung⁴ / pong⁴

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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 / mung⁴ / pong⁴
    • Yale: mòhng / mùhng / pòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴ / mung⁴ / pong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴ / mung⁴ / pong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹/, /mʊŋ²¹/, /pʰɔːŋ²¹/

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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

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Japanese

Kanji

尨

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): ぼう (bō)
• Kun: むくいぬ (mukuinu)

Noun

1. shaggy hair

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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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