亡

See also: 亾

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Older form have a man 人 behind something 𠃊, hiding.

人 have been replaced by 亠 in modern form.

Is also interpreted as a Pictogram (象形) : a picture of a broken sickle, meaning destroyed/dead.

References

• 2005, William McNaughton, Reading & Writing Chinese: Simplified Character Edition, edition 2nd Edition, Tuttle, ISBN 978-0804835091, page 18:
• "亡" (in Mandarin), 字源. URL accessed on 2014-02-22.

Han character

亡 (radical 8 亠+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 卜女 (YV), four-corner 0071₀, composition ⿱亠𠃊)

1. death, destroyed
2. lose, perish

References

• KangXi: page 88, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 287
• Dae Jaweon: page 184, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 279, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4EA1

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Cantonese

Hanzi

亡 (Jyutping mong4, mou4, Yale mong4, mou4)

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Japanese

Kanji

亡

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. destroy
2. fall; collapse
3. not exist; nonexistent
4. run away

Readings

• Goon: もう (mō)
• Kan’on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: な-い (亡い, na-i), な-き (亡き, na-ki), ほろ-ぶ (亡ぶ, horo-bu), ほろ-びる (亡びる, horo-biru), ほろ-ぼす (亡ぼす, horo-bosu)

Compounds

Compound words that contain 亡

Common 死亡 (しぼう, shibō) 亡夫 (ぼうふ, bōfu) 亡父 (ぼうふ, bōfu) 存亡 (そんぼう, sonbō) 逃亡 (とうぼう, tōbō) 亡骸 (なきがら, nakigara) 亡命 (ぼうめい, bōmei) 亡霊 (ぼうれい, bōrei) 滅亡 (めつぼう, metsubō) 死亡者 (しぼうしゃ, shibōsha) 死亡率 (しぼうりつ, shibōritsu) 未亡人 (みぼうじん, mibōjin) 亡くなる (なくなる, naku naru) Uncommon 亡柿 (ぼうし, bōshi) 亡子 (ぼうし, bōshi) 亡児 (ぼうじ, bōji) 亡婦 (ぼうふ, bōfu) 亡母 (ぼうぼ, bōbo) 興亡 (こうぼう, kōbō) 衰亡 (すいぼう, suibō) 損亡 (そんぼう, sonbō) 敗亡 (はいぼう, haibō) 亡君 (ぼうくん, bōkun) 亡兄 (ぼうけい, bōkei) 亡国 (ぼうこく, bōkoku) 亡魂 (ぼうこん, bōkon)

Uncommon (continued) 亡妻 (ぼうさい, bōsai) 亡失 (ぼうしつ, bōshitsu) 亡親 (ぼうしん, bōshin) 亡弟 (ぼうてい, bōtei) 亡八 (ぼうはち, bōhachi) 亡妹 (ぼうまい, bōmai) 亡友 (ぼうゆう, bōyū) 死亡地 (しぼうち, shibōchi) 亡き後 (なきあと, nakiato) 亡き人 (なきひと, nakihito) 亡き者 (なきもの, nakimono) 亡状 (ぼうじょう, bōjō) 流亡 (りゅうぼう, ryūbō) 死亡記事 (しぼうきじ, shibōkiji) 逃亡者 (とうぼうしゃ, tōbōsha) 逃亡犯 (とうぼうはん, tōbōhan) 亡命者 (ぼうめいしゃ, bōmeisha) 死亡時刻 (しぼうじこく, shibōjikoku) 死亡届 (しぼうとどけ, shibōtodoke) 死亡保険 (しぼうほけん, shibōhoken) 胎児死亡 (たいじしぼう, taijishibō) 多岐亡羊 (たきぼうよう, takibōyō) 逃亡中 (とうぼうちゅう, tōbōchū) 死亡広告 (しぼうこうこく, shibōkōkoku) Rare 陰亡 (おんぼう, onbō) 亡き魂 (なきたま, nakitama)

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Korean

Hanja

亡 (mang, mu) (hangeul 망, 무, revised mang, mu, McCune-Reischauer mang, mu)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Hanzi

亡 (Pinyin wáng (wang2), Wade-Giles wang²)

Verb

亡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin wáng)

1. to die, to perish

   死亡

2. to flee, to hide

   逃亡

3. to loose

Adjective

亡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin wáng)

1. deceased
2. subjugated

   亡国

• "亡" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-02-22.

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Middle Chinese

Han character

亡 (*miɑng)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

亡 (TLPA bông (bong⁵))

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

亡 (vong, vô)

References

• Nom Foundation