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芒
Mandarin · pinyin máng
Meanings
- awn (of cereals)
- arista (of grain)
- tip (of a blade)
- Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass)
- variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan
Characters in this entry
- 芒
- máng · Miscanthus sinensis
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Mandarin tones
2 · mang2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fong2 · mong1 · mong4
Cantonese word readings for 芒. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (～草) Miscanthus sinensis
- (～屬) Miscanthus
- awn
- edge of a knife
- ray; beam (of light)
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 茫 (máng, “indistinct”)
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 忙 (máng, “hurried”)
- (obsolete, alt. form 邙) short for 北邙山 (Běimángshān)
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 芒果 (mángguǒ, “mango”)
character · Etymology 3
- a surname
character · Etymology 4
- (Chinese mythology) Mang of Xia (ninth king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)
character · Etymology 5
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 恍 (huǎng, “indistinct; confused”)
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