罔

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 网 + phonetic 亡

Han character

罔 (radical 122 网+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月廿卜女 (BTYV), four-corner 7722₀)

1. net
2. deceive
3. libel
4. negative

Derived terms

• 網, 惘, 棢, 誷, 蝄, 輞, 魍

References

• KangXi: page 946, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28211
• Dae Jaweon: page 1387, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2914, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7F54

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Cantonese

Hanzi

罔 (jyutping mong5, Yale mong5)

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Japanese

Kanji

罔

Readings

• On: ぼう (bō), もう (mō)
• Kun: あみ (ami), しいる (shiiru), ない (nai)

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Korean

Hanja

罔 (hangeul 망, revised mang, McCune-Reischauer mang, Yale mang)

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Mandarin

Verb

罔 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin wǎng)

1. [archaic] to falsely accuse; to wrong (someone); to slander

Usage notes

• The modern vernacular equivalent to 罔 (when it means falsely accuse) is: 冤枉.

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Vietnamese

Han character

罔 (võng, vóng, vọng)