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Chinese symbol for “ferocious”

猛
měng
ferocious; fierce; violent; brave

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ferocious is 猛 (měng), defined as: ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

猛 měng
violent, savage, cruel, bold
radical 94 ⽝ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “ferocious”

WordPinyinMeaning
狠hěnruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute
猖chāngferocious
杀气腾腾 (殺氣騰騰)shā qì téng téngferocious; murderous-looking
凶猛 (兇猛)xiōng měngfierce; violent
悍hànheroic; intrepid

Related words

Other words that share a character with 猛.

WordPinyinMeaning
猛烈měng lièfierce; violent; vigorous; intense
迅猛xùn měngquick and violent
凶猛 (兇猛)xiōng měngfierce; violent
猛虎měng hǔfierce tiger
勇猛yǒng měngbold and powerful; brave and fierce
猛然měng ránsuddenly; abruptly

See also: Japanese symbol for “ferocious”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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