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Kanji Detail for 猛 - "fierce, wild, intense"

猛

  • Meaning

    猛 means "fierce, wild, intense."

    1. Fierce - Bold; violent; intense.

    2. Wild - Savage; untamed; ferocious.

    3. Brave - Courageous; daring.

  • Words using 猛

    • 猛暑 もうしょ Listen heat wave; fierce heat
    • 猛烈 もうれつ Listen fierce; intense; severe
    • 猛攻 もうこう Listen fierce attack
    • 猛威 もうい Listen fury; power; menace
    • 猛打 もうだ Listen heavy blow; heavy hit

  • Four-character idioms with 猛

    • 勇猛果敢 ゆうもうかかん Listen daring and resolute; having dauntless courage
    • 勇猛無比 ゆうもうむひ Listen most brave; as brave as any; unmatched for valor
    • 勇猛精進 ゆうみょうしょうじん Listen engage in ascetic practices with dauntless spirit
    • 猪突猛進 ちょとつもうしん Listen headlong rush; rushing recklessly

  • Origin of 猛

    The beast radical 犭 beside 孟, "the firstborn", lending the reading mō: the eldest of the litter — biggest, boldest, fiercest.

    How to remember it: The firstborn 孟 of the beasts 犭 — first to the kill: fierce.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: fierce, wild, intense
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いさむ, たかし, たけき, たけし)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 猛

    Given names 猛(いさむ)Listen 猛(たけき)Listen 猛(たけし)Listen 猛(たける)Listen 猛(もう)Listen

    Surnames 猛(たかし)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fierce; rave; rush; become furious; wildness; strength

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    violent, savage, cruel; bold

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    violent, savage, cruel, bold

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Mighty and strong. A skilled fighter is called 猛將. A beast good at attacking and biting is called 猛獸. | Strict and urgent. The opposite of lenient. As in 寬猛相濟 (leniency and severity complementing each other). The phrase originates from (Zuo Zhuan). | When momentum is sudden and rapid, it is called 猛. As in 猛烈, 猛厲. Also, suddenly awakening from confusion is called 猛省.

  • Onyomi

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    moh(モウ) モウ

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    犬 犭 (inu・kemonohen)

  • Related Keywords

    fierce wild intense violent aggressive bold brutal courageous energetic ferocious fiery forceful mighty passionate powerful savage severe vigorous untamed

Sentences including 猛

  • I studied like anything.

  • He studied hard with a view to being a doctor.

  • Beware of the dog !

  • The baby began to cry like anything.

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