Chinese Character 猛 Meanings and components.

Form

猛

Meaning

猛 meaning[3] in English

Ferocious.

Fierce.

Violent.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 猛 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and surname Meng (孟)

Its radical[1] is: 犬 (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .犬quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with KHNDT

How to write 猛

To write猛meng3ferocious you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 孟meng4surname Meng arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 孟 = 猛

猛 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 猛 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 猛, looks as follow:

猛
Pinyin:meng3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Ferocious . Fierce . Violent . Brave . Suddenly . Abrupt . (Slang) Awesome
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
孟
Pinyin:meng4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Meng
子
Pinyin:zi5
Meaning[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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