蟒

See also: 蠎

蟒	U+87D2, 蟒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87D2

← 蟑
[U+87D1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蟓 →
[U+87D3]

Translingual

Han character

蟒 (radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿戈廿 (LITIT), four-corner 5414₃, composition ⿰虫莽)

References

KangXi: page 1096, character 29
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33572
Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2876, character 13
Unihan data for U+87D2

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (莽) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
蟒	*maːŋʔ
漭	maːŋʔ, maːŋs

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		蟒

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-lja(ŋ/k) (“python”), whence Proto-Loloish *laŋ¹ (“snake”), Proto-Karen *g-laŋ (“python”) (Handel, 1997; STEDT).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎng (mang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˇ
  - Wade–Giles: mang³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maang
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁵
  - Yale: móhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³/

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*maːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟒
Reading #	1/1
No.	8776
Phonetic component	莽
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	莽
Old Chinese	/*maːŋʔ/

Definitions

蟒

python

Compounds

蟒牛 (Mǎngniú)
蟒蛇 (mǎngshé)

蟒衣 (mǎngyī)

蟒袍 (mǎngpáo)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		蟒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měng (meng³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: měng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ
  - Wade–Giles: mêng³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeng
  - IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴/

Definitions

蟒

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Japanese

Kanji

蟒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: もう (mō)

Kan-on: ぼう (bō)

Kun: うわばみ (uwabami), おろち (orochi)

Korean

Hanja

蟒 • (mang) (hangeul 망, revised mang, McCune–Reischauer mang, Yale mang)

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