勐

勐 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓廿大尸 (NTKS), composition ⿰孟力)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 148, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2379
• Dae Jaweon: page 333, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 373, character 15
• Unihan data for U+52D0

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 孟 (OC *mraːŋs) + semantic 力.

 

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• 勐

From Proto-Tai *mɯəŋᴬ (“township”). Cognate with Thai เมือง (mʉʉang), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang), Lü ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ, Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng), Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (müṅ), etc.

勐

1. (only used in Tai placenames) region; locality; city; town

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “勐”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 155.

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• On (unclassified): ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}