# 蟒

| 蟒 | U+87D2, &#34770; 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 5414$_3$, 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

| | Old Chinese |
| 蟒 | *maːŋʔ |
| 漭 | *maːŋʔ, *maːŋs |

### Etymology 1

* 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 (mang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mong$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): mong$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): mon$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): mōng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): morng$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bóng / báng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mang$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$maon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǎng
*** Wade–Giles: mang$^3$
*** Yale: mǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maang
*** Palladius: ман (man)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mong$^5$
*** Yale: móhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mong$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔːŋ¹³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: mong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔŋ²¹³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: mon$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /mɒ̃⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mōng
*** Sinological IPA : /mouŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: morng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɒŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: morng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* bóng - literary;
* báng - vernacular.
* 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

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

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): měng (meng$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: měng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: měng
*** Wade–Giles: mêng$^3$
*** Yale: měng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeng
*** Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /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

(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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