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

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1096, character 29
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33572
Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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

trad.		蟒
simp. ^#		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
Gan (Wiktionary): mong³
Jin (Wiktionary): mon²
Eastern Min (BUC): mōng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): morng³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bóng / báng

(Teochew, Peng'im): mang²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶maon

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/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: mong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔŋ²¹³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mon²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /mɒ̃⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mōng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mouŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: morng³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: mô̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: morng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒŋ³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóng
  - Tâi-lô: bóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: borng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /bɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: báng
  - Tâi-lô: báng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: barng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /baŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /baŋ⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

bóng - literary;
báng - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: mang²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: máng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ⁵²/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶maon
  - MiniDict: maon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³maan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɑ̃²³/

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 (Classifier: 條／条 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蟒蛇 (“python; boa”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟒蛇, 蚺蛇
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蟒
	Taiwan	蟒蛇
	Singapore	蟒蛇
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蟒
	Xi'an	蟒
	Xining	蟒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	蟒
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	蟒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	蟒
	Guilin	蟒
	Liuzhou	蟒蛇, 蝻蛇
	Nanning (Wuming)	蟒蛇
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝻蛇
	Hong Kong	蟒蛇, 蝻蛇
	Taishan	蝻蛇
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蝻蛇
	Dongguan	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Nanning	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Wuzhou	蝻蛇
	Yulin	蟒蛇, 蝻蛇
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蝻蛇, 蟒
Gan	Nanchang	蟒蛇
Gan	Lichuan	蟒蛇
Hakka	Meixian	蝻蛇, 琴蛇
	Xingning	蝻蛇, 琴蛇
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	蝻蛇, 琴蛇
	Yudu	蟒蛇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蝻蛇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蝻蛇
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	蝻蛇
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	蝻蛇
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	蝻蛇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Hong Kong	蝻蛇, 琴蛇
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	琴蛇
Jin	Taiyuan	蟒
Jin	Shenmu	蟒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蝻蛇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蟒
Southern Min	Xiamen	錦蛇
	Quanzhou	錦蛇
	Zhangzhou	錦蛇
	Taipei	錦蛇
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	錦蛇
	Kaohsiung	錦蛇, 臭腥母
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	錦蛇
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	臭腥母
	Yilan	錦蛇
	Yilan (Luodong)	錦蛇
	Yilan (Toucheng)	錦蛇
	Changhua (Yongjing)	蝻蛇, 錦蛇
	Taichung	錦蛇
	Tainan	蟒蛇
	Tainan (Anping)	錦蛇
	Hsinchu	錦蛇, 大山剌
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	錦蛇, 蝻蛇, 過山刀
	Kinmen	錦蛇, 臭腥母
	Penghu (Magong)	錦蛇
	Penghu (Xiyu)	錦蛇, 臭腥母
	Penang (Hokkien)	錦蛇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	錦蛇
	Shantou	琴蛇, 蟒蛇
	Shantou (Chenghai)	琴蛇
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	琴蛇
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	琴蛇
	Haifeng	琴蛇
	Leizhou	琴蛇
	Wenchang	蝻蛇
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	蝻蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蝻蛇
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蟒
Wu	Shanghai	蟒蛇
	Suzhou	蟒蛇
	Hangzhou	蟒蛇

Compounds

地氈蟒 / 地毡蟒 (dìzhānmǎng)
蟒牛 (Mǎngniú)
蟒蛇 (mǎngshé)
蟒衣 (mǎngyī)
蟒袍 (mǎngpáo)

Etymology 2

trad.		蟒
simp. ^#		蟒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měng (meng³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měng
  - Wade–Giles: mêng³
  - Yale: měng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeng
  - Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴/

Definitions

蟒

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References

莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “蟒”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 152.

Japanese

Kanji

蟒

(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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