Jisho

×

11 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
fierce, rave, rush, become furious, wildness, strength
On:
モウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 猛 【モウ】 greatly energetic, ferocious, extreme, severe
  • 猛威 【モウイ】 fury, power, menace
  • 勇猛 【ユウモウ】 daring, brave, bold, valiant, intrepid, dauntless
  • 豪猛 【ゴウモウ】 strongly ferocious

Readings

Japanese names:
たけ、 たけし、 たける
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
meng3
Korean:
maeng

Spanish

  • fuerte
  • valiente
  • salvaje
  • violento

Portuguese

  • feroz
  • enfurecer
  • acelerar
  • tornar-se furioso
  • selvageria
  • vigor

French

  • féroce
  • fulminer
  • se ruer
  • devenir furieux
  • sauvagerie
  • force
1854 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1378 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2895 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1420 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1525 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1305 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1579 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1685 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1516 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1305 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
653 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
393 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1468 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20498 Morohashi
537 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3588 New Nelson (John Haig)
1456 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1566 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1462 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2974 2001 Kanji
3g7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
1-3-7 SKIP code
4721.7 Four corner code
1-44-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
731b Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
forces, energy, military strength
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
260 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 勢 【セイ】 energy, military strength
  • 勢力 【セイリョク】 influence, power, might, strength, potency, force, energy
  • 国勢 【コクセイ】 state of a country (population, resources, etc.), condition of a country, strength of a country
  • 党勢 【トウセイ】 strength of a party
  • 勢 【ゼイ】 group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
  • 同勢 【ドウゼイ】 party, company
  • 猛勢 【モウセイ】 great strength, courageous army, valiant troops

Kun reading compounds

  • 勢い 【いきおい】 force, vigor, vigour, energy, spirit, life, influence, authority, power, might, impetus, momentum, course (of events), naturally, necessarily
  • 勢い余る 【いきおいあまる】 to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.), to get carried away, to go overboard, to overdo (something)
  • 弾み 【はずみ】 bounce, spring, rebound, momentum, impetus, impulse, stimulus, inertia, moment, instant, impulse, chance
  • 弾車 【はずみぐるま】 flywheel

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
se

Spanish

  • fuerza
  • poder
  • influencia
  • vigor

Portuguese

  • forças
  • energia
  • vigor militar

French

  • vigueur
  • forces
  • énergie
  • puissance militaire
441 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
747 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
518 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
365 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
735 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
299 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
375 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2039 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
646 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
656 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
865 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
227 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3542 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1829 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2487 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1529 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2422 Morohashi
2857 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
558 New Nelson (John Haig)
1515 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1633 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
293 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
779 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1445 2001 Kanji
2g11.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-2 SKIP code
4442.7 Four corner code
4542.7 Four corner code
1-32-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52e2 Unicode hex code