猛 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

fierce, rave, rush, become furious, wildness, strength

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • モウJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • たけ
  • たけし
  • たける
Other languages
  • 拼音meng3
  • 한글maeng
  • Hán-ViệtMãnh

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
犬(いぬ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+731B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰犭孟

Words using this kanji

  • 猛暑もうしょ猛烈な暑さ。heat wave, fierce heat
  • 猛烈もうれつ勢いが非常に激しいこと。 程度が甚だしいこと。 がむしゃらに働くさま。fierce, intense, severe, violent
  • 猛攻もうこう激しく攻め立てること。fierce attack
  • 猛威もうい激しい力。fury, power, menace
  • 猛打もうだ激しく打つこと。猛烈な打撃。heavy blow, heavy hit
  • 猛獣もうじゅう気性の荒い肉食の獣。fierce animal, beast of prey, big game
  • 猛毒もうどく非常に強い毒。deadly poison
  • 猛追もうつい猛烈な勢いで追いかけること。hot pursuit, hot chase
  • 猛爆もうばくheavy bombing, intensive bombing
  • 猛省もうせいserious reflection, soul-searching, penitence
  • もうgreatly energetic, ferocious, extreme, severe
  • 猛禽もうきん大型で獰猛な鳥。raptor, bird of prey, predatory bird
  • 猛犬もうけん獰猛な犬。fierce dog, ferocious dog, savage dog
  • 猛虎もうこ猛々しい虎。 勢いが激しいさま。fierce tiger, ferocious tiger, Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)
  • 猛者もさ勇猛な人。 優れた技量を持つ人。常人離れした行いをする人。 荒々しい人。粗暴な人。tough guy, wild one, fearless fighter
  • 猛鳥もうちょう性格の猛々しい鳥。猛禽。bird of prey
  • 猛将もうしょう強く勇敢な大将。brave general, brave warrior, courageous general
  • 猛襲もうしゅう猛烈な勢いで攻撃すること。fierce attack, furious attack
  • 猛火もうか激しく燃え上がる火炎。 大火事。raging flames, roaring flames, raging fire
  • 猛勇もうゆうvaliant courage

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
4721.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3g7.4
Heisig
1566
Nelson
2895