獌

獌 U+734C, 獌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-734C ← 獋 [U+734B] CJK Unified Ideographs 獍 → [U+734D]

Translingual

Han character

獌 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 大竹日田水 (KHAWE), four-corner 4624₇, composition ⿰犭曼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 717, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20626
• Dae Jaweon: page 1129, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1365, character 6
• Unihan data for U+734C

Chinese

trad.		獌
simp. #		獌

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
獌	*mroːn, *moːns, *mons
鬘	*mroːn
謾	*mroːn, *mroːns, *mon, *moːn, *moːns
慢	*mroːns
嫚	*mroːns
縵	*mroːns, *moːns
曼	*moːn, *mons
饅	*moːn
蔓	*moːn, *mons
鰻	*moːn, *mons
墁	*moːn, *moːns
鏝	*moːn, *moːns
槾	*moːn
漫	*moːns
幔	*moːns
蟃	*mons

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	獌	獌	獌
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)	元 (66)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	III	I
Fanqie	莫還切	無販切	莫半切
Baxter	maen	mjonH	manH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠan/	/mʉɐnH/	/muɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚan/	/mʷiɐnH/	/mʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/mɐn/	/miuɐnH/	/muɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨn/	/muanH/	/mwanH/
Li Rong	/man/	/miuɐnH/	/muɑnH/
Wang Li	/man/	/mĭwɐnH/	/muɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/man/	/mi̯wɐnH/	/muɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mán	wàn	màn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maan4	maan6	mun6

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獌	獌	獌
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	8732	8753	8759
Phonetic component	曼	曼	曼
Rime group	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	蠻	縵	万
Old Chinese	/*mroːn/	/*moːns/	/*mons/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màn (man⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màn
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴
    • Yale: màn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mann
    • Palladius: мань (manʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maan⁶
    • Yale: maahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: maen, mjonH, manH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mroːn/, /*moːns/, /*mons/

Definitions

獌

1. ^† a mythological animal resembling a wolf and a raccoon dog

Etymology 2

Derived from 曼狗 (maan⁶ gau², “derogatory term for Manchester United fans”, literally “Manchester United Dogs”), where 曼 is the shortened form of 曼聯／曼联 (“Manchester United FC”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶, maan⁶ gau²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maan⁶, maan⁶ gau²
    • Yale: maahn, maahn gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶, maan⁶ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶, man⁶ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² maːn²² kɐu̯³⁵/

Note: maan6 gau2 - pronunciation of 曼狗 (maan⁶ gau²).

Definitions

獌

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, soccer, neologism, Internet slang, humorous or derogatory) Manchester United F.C. or its supporters

See also

• 鏝／镘 (“Manchester City FC”)
• 猁 (“Liverpool FC”)