莽

莽 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈大廿 (TIKT), four-corner 4444₃, composition ⿳艹犬廾)

1. thicket, underbrush
2. poisonous

• 㟿 漭 㬒 蟒 䥈 䒎

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1036, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31132
• Dae Jaweon: page 1495, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3216, character 13
• Unihan data for U+83BD
• Unihan data for U+2F99D

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːŋʔ, *moːʔ, *maːʔ) : phonetic 茻 (OC *maːŋʔ) + semantic 犬, and also ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 茻 + semantic 犬 (Li Xueqin, 2012).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ljak ~ mrak ~ mruk.

莽

1. thick weeds, luxuriant growth
2. Illicium henryi and Illicium lanceolatum, whose fruits resemble star anise but are highly toxic
3. rude, impertinent
4. (Sichuanese) silly, foolish

• “莽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: も (mo); もう (mō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: くさ (kusa, 莽)

莽 (eum 망 (mang))

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莽: Hán Nôm readings: mảng, mãng

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