茻

茻 U+833B, 茻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-833B ← 茺 [U+833A] CJK Unified Ideographs 茼 → [U+833C]

Translingual

Han character

茻 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 山山山山 (UUUU), four-corner 2244₇, composition ⿱艸艸)

1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №14

Derived characters

• 𦱠, 𦱹, 𦶛, 𦷶, 𦽱, 𦿑, 𡫾, 𢺦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1029, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30924
• Dae Jaweon: page 1488, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3211, character 8
• Unihan data for U+833B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		茻
alternative forms		𦬇 𦬠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (茻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
莽	*maːŋʔ, *moːʔ, *maːʔ
茻	*maːŋʔ

Ideogram (指事) - 艸 (grass) written two times, representing a multitude of grass.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎng (mang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎng
    • Wade–Giles: mang³
    • Yale: mǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maang
    • Palladius: ман (man)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mong⁵
    • Yale: móhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: mangX

Rime
Character	茻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	模朗切
Baxter	mangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maŋX/
Li Rong	/mɑŋX/
Wang Li	/mɑŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mong5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茻
Reading #	1/1
No.	8774
Phonetic component	茻
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	莽
Old Chinese	/*maːŋʔ/

Definitions

茻

1. multitude of grass
   • Shuo Wen Jie Zi (a dictionary in East Han Dynasty)

   • 茻：眾艸也。从四屮。凡茻之屬皆从茻。讀與冈同。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     茻：众艸也。从四屮。凡茻之属皆从茻。读与冈同。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Mǎng: zhòng cǎo yě. Cóng sì 屮. Fán mǎng zhī shǔ jiē cóng mǎng. Dú yǔ gāng tóng. [Pinyin]

     [The character] 茻 [means] multiple grass indeed. [The character is] composed [of] four 屮. All that belongs to the 茻 radical are composed of 茻. [The character's] pronunciation is the same as 冈.