# 獌

| 獌 | U+734C, &#29516; 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 4624$_7$, 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
### 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 |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): màn (man$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maan$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: màn
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: màn
*** Wade–Giles: man$^4$
*** Yale: màn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mann
*** Palladius: мань (manʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /män⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maan$^6$
*** Yale: maahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maan$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: man$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːn²²/
* Middle Chinese: maen, mjonH, manH
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/ | /mʉɐn$^H$/ | /muɑn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚan/ | /mʷiɐn$^H$/ | /mʷɑn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mɐn/ | /miuɐn$^H$/ | /muɑn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /maɨn/ | /muan$^H$/ | /mwan$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /man/ | /miuɐn$^H$/ | /muɑn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /man/ | /mĭwɐn$^H$/ | /muɑn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /man/ | /mi̯wɐn$^H$/ | /muɑn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mán | wàn | màn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | maan$^4$ | maan$^6$ | mun$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mroːn/, /*moːns/, /*mons/
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/ |

#### Definitions

獌
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a mythological animal resembling a wolf and a raccoon dog

### Etymology 2

Derived from 曼狗 (maan$^6$ gau$^2$, “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): maan$^6$, maan$^6$ gau$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maan$^6$, maan$^6$ gau$^2$
*** Yale: maahn, maahn gáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maan$^6$, maan$^6$ gau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: man$^6$, man$^6$ geo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːn²² maːn²² kɐu̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

獌
* (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”)