猛 – fierce, rave, rush

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1301 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 猛 means fierce, rave, rush, become furious, wildness, strength. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is モウ (mou). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 犬 (no. 94).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	モウ	mou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 犬 (Kangxi radical 94). Components: 皿・子・犯.

Words using 猛

猛烈もうれつfierce

Example sentences

警官がやってくるのを見ると彼は猛烈に走り出した。

When he saw a policeman coming, he began to run like anything.

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Kanji with the same radical

状独献狙犯獲犬狭狂獄猫獣猿狩狡

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